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Capturing Social Determinants of Health Using Z Codes

Recap: Bill’s Case

The home health agency assisted Bill in the short-term with getting food and utilities and connected him with social care agencies for longer term support.

His primary care physician also adjusted his treatment plan, prescribing a generic insulin that can last longer without refrigeration and altering his doses to increase over the month as his food benefits run out and his diet shifts toward cheaper higher carbohydrate foods.

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