Z71.2 ICD-10-CM Code: Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0, Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)
A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z71.2).
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Z71.2 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
- sex counseling (Z70.-)
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z71.2 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- 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
- Z71.3 — 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
Indexed Clinical Terms (1)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Explanation of, investigation finding