Z71.8
⚠ Non-billable (Header)Other specified counseling
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.
⚠️ Excludes2
directMay be coded together if both conditions coexist
- • counseling for contraception (Z30.0-)
⚠️ Excludes2
inherited from Z71Rules from parent category Z71: Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
- • contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
- • sex counseling (Z70.-)
Child Codes (8)
Z71.81Spiritual or religious counselingZ71.82Exercise counselingZ71.83Encounter for nonprocreative genetic counselingZ71.84Encounter for health counseling related to travelZ71.85Encounter for immunization safety counselingZ71.87Encounter for pediatric-to-adult transition counselingZ71.88Encounter for counseling for socioeconomic factorsZ71.89Other specified counseling
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CodeZ71.8
BillableNo — Header code
ParentZ71
CategoryFactors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Excludes10 rule(s)
Excludes23 note(s)
Child codes8
Data Source
CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List
Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)