ICD-10 diagnosis codes that relate to the Social Determinants of Health can be a valuable source of information to improve health outcomes. Social Determinants of Health codes can identify the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age like education, employment, physical environment, socioeconomic status and social support networks- data that can provide managed care organizations information with which to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
AHCCCS is recommending that providers routinely screen for and document the presence of social determinants (as appropriate within their scope of practice) and to document them in claims data. They began monitoring claims for the presence of the codes about a year ago. You can review the Social Determinant ICD-10 Codes on the AHCCCS website.