Z71.8Other specified counseling

Z71.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified counseling. It belongs to category Z71 (persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified), 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 8 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z71, choose Z71.8 (Other specified counseling) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person (Z71.0), person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made (Z71.1), person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings (Z71.2), dietary counseling and surveillance (Z71.3), alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance (Z71.4), drug abuse counseling and surveillance (Z71.5), tobacco abuse counseling (Z71.6), human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling (Z71.7) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z71.81 (counseling), Z71.82 (counseling), Z71.83 (counseling), Z71.84 (travel), Z71.85 (counseling), Z71.87 (counseling), Z71.88 (factors) and Z71.89 (counseling).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of Z71.8, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: counseling for contraception (Z30.0-).

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