Z71.1
Person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made
Z71.1 (also written Z711) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for person with feared health complaint in whom no diagnosis is made. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 19 codes in category Z71 (Persons encountering health services for other counseling and medical advice, not elsewhere classified). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 5 entries. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 2 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- medical observation for suspected diseases and conditions proven not to exist (Z03.-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Person encountering health services with feared condition which was not demonstrated
- Person encountering health services in which problem was normal state
- 'Worried well'
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (3 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:
- (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.
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 5 entries