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Z71.6 - Tobacco abuse counseling


The ICD 10 Code for Tobacco abuse counseling is listed as Z71.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: Z71.6
Description: Tobacco abuse counseling
  • Use additional code for nicotine dependence (F17.-)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
951 - Other Factors Influencing Health Status
Chapter Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Block Persons encountering health services in other circumstances (Z69-Z76)
Parent Z71 - Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: V65.42 - Counseling on substance use and abuse (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of Z71.6:
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
Z71.2 - Person consulting for explanation of examination or test findings
Z71.3 - Dietary counseling and surveillance
Z71.4 - Alcohol abuse counseling and surveillance
Z71.5 - Drug abuse counseling and surveillance
Z71.7 - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling
Z71.8 - Other specified counseling
Z71.9 - Counseling, unspecified