Adding Z To The Equation

Last month, the new behavioral health and social determinants coding changes became effective (see;New Behavioral Health & SDoH ICD-10 Coding Changes Became Effective On October 1).;Provider organizations must now use the International Classification of Diseases,10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) coding, including using Z codes.;Those Z codes, for reporting social determinants of health (SDoH), capture factors influencing a consumer’s health status or reasons for utilizing health services.

While many provider organizations have been capturing information about social factors, the Z codes are increasingly important in a health care system that . . .