Z71: Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

Codes under Z71 (Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
Z71.0	Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person	✓
Z71.1	Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made	✓
Z71.2	Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings	✓
Z71.3	Dietary counseling and surveillance	✓
Z71.4	Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance	—
Z71.5	Drug abuse counseling and surveillance	—
Z71.6	Tobacco abuse counseling	✓
Z71.7	Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling	✓
Z71.8	Other specified counseling	—
Z71.9	Counseling, unspecified	✓
Z71.41	Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic	✓
Z71.42	Counseling for family member of alcoholic	✓
Z71.51	Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser	✓
Z71.52	Counseling for family member of drug abuser	✓
Z71.81	Spiritual or religious counseling	✓
Z71.82	Exercise counseling	✓
Z71.83	Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counseling	✓
Z71.84	Encounter for health counseling related to travel	✓
Z71.85	Encounter for immunization safety counseling	✓
Z71.87	Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counseling	✓
Z71.88	Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factors	✓
Z71.89	Other specified counseling	✓

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