Z70Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation

Z70 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation. It belongs to block Z69-Z76 (persons encountering health services in other circumstances) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 6 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z70.0 (attitude), Z70.1 (orientation), Z70.2 (party), Z70.3 (orientation), Z70.8 (counseling) and Z70.9 (unspecified).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z70, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: contraceptive or procreative counseling (Z30-Z31).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.