Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

Z71.41 Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance of alcoholic
Z71.42 Counseling for family member of alcoholic

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
sex counseling (Z70.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z71.0	Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another person	Valid
Z71.1	Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made	Valid
Z71.2	Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings	Valid
Z71.3	Dietary counseling and surveillance	Valid
Z71.5	Drug abuse counseling and surveillance	Not billable
Z71.6	Tobacco abuse counseling	Valid
Z71.7	Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling	Valid
Z71.8	Other specified counseling	Not billable
Z71.9	Counseling, unspecified	Valid