Z71.9
Z71.9: Counseling, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z71.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for counseling, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z71.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for medical advice NOS
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z71.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Counseling(for)
- Consultation›without complaint or sickness
- Counseling›medical(for)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z71
- Z71.0Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person
- Z71.1Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
- Z71.2Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
- Z71.3Dietary counseling and surveillance
- Z71.4Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance
- Z71.5Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
- Z71.6Tobacco abuse counseling
- Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
- Z71.8Other specified counseling