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Diagnosis Code

Z71.9 COUNSELING, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Z71.9

Short Description: Counseling, unspecified

Long Description: Counseling, unspecified

The code Z71.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99)
    • Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
      • Persons encntr health serv for oth cnsl and med advice, NEC (Z71)
        • Z71.9 Counseling, unspecified

This code is valid for unacceptable principal diagnosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Advice about treatment given
  • Advice given
  • Attended diabetes structured education program
  • Counseled by a doctor
  • Counseled by a midwife
  • Counseled by a nurse
  • Counseled by a social worker
  • Counseled by counselor
  • Counseled by member of primary health care team
  • Counseled by voluntary worker
  • Counseling of benefit
  • Counseling of no benefit
  • Counseling procedure with explicit context
  • Discussed with caregiver
  • Educating parent of subject
  • Education of caregiver
  • Education of family
  • Education reinforced
  • Had a chat to parent
  • Had a chat to patient
  • Health education given
  • Patient counseled
  • Patient given advice
  • Patient given medical advice
  • Person counseled
  • Person counseled by
  • Referred by consultant
  • Referred by physician

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Z71.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Encounter for medical advice NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Z71.9 Right Arrow V65.40 Counseling NOS
V65.9 Reason for consult NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
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
Z71.41 Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic
Z71.42 Counseling for family member of alcoholic
Z71.5 Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
Z71.51 Drug abuse counseling and surveillance of drug abuser
Z71.52 Counseling for family member of drug abuser
Z71.6 Tobacco abuse counseling
Z71.7 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
Z71.8 Other specified counseling
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

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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