Follow-Up Questions: Bill

• Code subcategory Z59.1 Inadequate housing covers a variety of elements related to housing as an SDOH affecting health. In Bill's case, you could use Z59.12, Inadequate housing utilities, to indicate the lack of electricity.
• Z59.41 Food insecurity
• Z59.6 Low income

Bill could go into diabetic shock if:

• He can’t take his insulin correctly because of physical problems related to his stroke
• He can’t match his insulin dose with his diet because he relies on low-cost, high-carbohydrate foods
• His insulin loses potency because of lack of refrigeration
• He falls while moving around his house in the dark