Z70
Counseling related to sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 1 never code together
Instructional notes 4
Z70code
Includes
- encounter for mental health services for sexual attitude, behavior and orientation
Z00-Z99chapter
Notes
- 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:Z00-Z99A00-Y89
- (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.
- (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.
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Subordinate codes 6
Z70.0 Counseling related to sexual attitude Z70.1 Counseling related to patient's sexual behavior and orientn Z70.2 Cnsl related to sexual behavior and orientn of third party Z70.3 Cnsl rel to comb concrn rgrd sex attitude, behav and orientn Z70.8 Other sex counseling Z70.9 Sex counseling, unspecified
Medications 5
99 Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms drugs 41 Bipolar and Related Disorders drugs 2 Sexual and Gender Disorders drugs 19 Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders drugs 58 Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders drugs
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