Z71.84 Encounter for health counseling related to travel
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.
Applicable to
Encounter for health risk and safety counseling for (international) travel
Excludes2 (not included here)
encounter for administrative examination (Z02.-)
encounter for other special examination without complaint, suspected or reported diagnosis (Z01.-)
Code also
, if applicable, encounter for immunization (Z23)
Applies from Z71 Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2 (not included here)
contraceptive or procreation counseling (Z30-Z31)
sex counseling (Z70.-)
Applies from Z71.8 Other specified counseling
Excludes2 (not included here)
counseling for contraception (Z30.0-)
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.
Code annotations containing back-references to Z71.84
Back-references to Z71.84
Type 1 Excludes: Z71.85 Encounter for immunization safety counseling ("encounter for health counseling related to travel (Z71.84)")
Diagnosis Index entries for Z71.84
Counseling (for) › health (advice) (education) (instruction) › risk for travel (international)
Counseling (for) › safety for travel (international)
Counseling (for) › travel (international)
Nearby codes
Z71.7 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] counseling