In short, using theseICD-10 codes is critical documentationintended to guide health system population health efforts. But this latest study, which looked at patients from a Chicago-based Health Care for the Homeless Program, showed that the Z59 code is not always being used correct...
but impactful information—such as the fact that the patient had to take time off from a low-paying job and ride two buses to get to the doctor's office—isn't typically collected in electronic medical records,” said Brian Dixon, PhD, director of public health at the Regenstrie...