tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2022 Issue Q4

ICD-10-CM: Know When and How to Use New SDoH Codes

Make sure to report social factors that impact care. When your surgeon notes that issues related to social considerations or care compliance impact a patient’s healthcare, you’ll have new codes to report the situation beginning Oct. 1. That’s because the 2023 ICD-10-CM update includes new “Z” codes that identify some social determinants of health (SDoH). Here’s the intel on these codes that you can add to our prior introduction to new ICD-10-CM codes in “Keep Medical Necessity Accurate With New Dx Codes,” (General Surgery Coding Alert Vol 24 No 8). Follow Guideline...

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