Z71Persons encountering health services for other counselling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use Z71 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Official Vietnamese name
- Những người đến cơ sở y tế để được tư vấn y tế và/hoặc tư vấn khác, không phân loại mục khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: contraceptive or procreation counselling (Z30-Z31) sex counselling (Z70.-)
Related Z71 codes
Z71.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Person consulting on behalf of another person
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.
