AMA & UnitedHealthcare Partner To Propose New ICD-10 Codes To Identify & Address Social Determinants Of Health

On April 2, 2019, the American Medical Association (AMA) and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) announced a collaboration to support creation of 23 new ICD-10 codes related to social determinants of health (SoDH). The codes would be used to trigger referrals to social and government services so that health care professionals can help connect consumers to local and national resources in their communities.

The ICD-10-CM is a system used by physicians and other health care provider organizations to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with health care in the United States. However, many ICD Diagnosis . . .