ICD10monitor February 20, 2023
Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, CMAC, ACM

There appears to be an overlap of messages concerning the social drivers of health in the EMR.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to prioritize efforts with an emphasis on health equity, with greater data reporting and recommended capture of z-codes. I am seeing a lot of mixed messages, with overlap in the electronic medical record (EMR) regarding social determinants and social drivers of health (SDoH).

Social “determinants” is our documentation to support z-codes, while social “drivers” includes our documentation of quality measures for CMS’s value-based purchasing initiatives. I urge EMR vendors and health systems to develop a collaborative and non-siloed approach to capture this information.

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Equity/SDOH, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIM (Health Inf Mgmt), Provider, Technology
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