Z71.3

Dietary counseling and surveillance

Billable / specificPOA exempt

Z71.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from Z71)

  • Note: Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • Note: (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • Note: (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31) (from Z71)
  • sex counseling (Z70.-) (from Z71)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code for any associated underlying medical condition
  • code to identify body mass index (BMI), if known (Z68.-)

Also known as

  • Admission, counseling, dietary
  • Admission, dietary surveillance and counseling
  • Allergy, allergic, foodNEC, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Colitis, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Counseling, dietary
  • Diabetes, diabetic, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Dietary, surveillance and counseling
  • Gastritis, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Hypercholesterolemia, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Hypoglycemia, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Intolerance, food, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Obesity, dietary counseling and surveillance
  • Supervision, dietary
  • Supervision, dietary, allergy
  • Supervision, dietary, colitis

Parent code

  • Z71Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • Z71.0Person encountering health services to consult on behalf of another personBillable
  • Z71.1Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is madeBillable
  • Z71.2Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findingsBillable
  • Z71.4Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillanceHeader
  • Z71.5Drug abuse counseling and surveillanceHeader
  • Z71.6Tobacco abuse counselingBillable
  • Z71.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counselingBillable
  • Z71.8Other specified counselingHeader
  • Z71.9Counseling, unspecifiedBillable

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