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Capturing Social Determinants of Health Using Z Codes

Meet Bill

  • 68 years old
  • Diabetic
  • Recently released from hospital after surgery following a stroke
  • Getting services from a home health agency

During the start-of-care visit, the home health physical therapist (PT) reviews Bill’s list of medications and notices he’s diabetic and takes insulin. After asking Bill to walk to the refrigerator to get his medication as part of a functional assessment, the PT notices that:

  • Bill doesn’t have a lot of food in his refrigerator
  • The refrigerator isn’t running

Bill says he can’t pay his power bill and he lives on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Select the Learn More button to see Z codes relevant to Bill’s case.

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