Z71.0Person consulting on behalf of another person
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Official Vietnamese name
- Người thay mặt cho người khác đến tư vấn
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Advice or treatment for non-attending third party Excl.: anxiety (normal) about sick person in family (Z63.7)
Related Z71 codes
Z71
Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Z71.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Person with feared complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
Z71.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Person consulting for explanation of investigation findings
Z71.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Dietary counselling and surveillance
Z71.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Alcohol abuse counselling and surveillance
Z71.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Drug abuse counselling and surveillance
Z71.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Tobacco abuse counselling
Z71.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counselling
Z71.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified counselling
Z71.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Counselling, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
