Utilization of Social Determinants of Health ICD-10 Z-Codes Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States, 2016-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The inclusion of Z-codes for social determinants of health (SDOH) in the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) may offer an opportunity to improve data collection of SDOH, but no characterization of their utilization exists on a national all-payer level.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of SDOH Z-codes and compare characteristics of patients with and without Z-codes and hospitals that do and do not use Z-codes.

Research design

Retrospective cohort study using 2016 and 2017 National Inpatient Sample.

Participants

Total of 14,289,644 inpatient hospitalizations.

Measures

Prevalence of SDOH Z-codes (codes Z55-Z65) and descriptive statistics of patients and hospitals.

Results

Of admissions, 269,929 (1.9%)

SUBMITTER: Truong HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7666017 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature