ICD-10 codes specific to SDOHare key for helping hospitals and health systems track which patients might experience certain social factors. The ICD-10 uses the Z59 diagnostic code to document patients screening positive for housing insecurity, which includes homelessness and other unstabl...
Overall, 5 percent of patients presenting in VUMC’s emergency department screened positive forhousing insecuritybetween January and May 2023, and they mostly needed mental and behavioral health help. Patients screening positive for housing insecurity were also more likely to have limited or ...