ICD10monitor February 26, 2024
In medicine generally and psychiatry particularly, there has been increased attention in recent years to the social determinants of health (SDoH) and mental health, respectively.
From a diagnostic standpoint, these SDoH have been included in the Z Codes of ICD-10, and some of them in the corresponding V Codes of DSM-5. They are considered to be “Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention,” but are not considered actual mental disorders, even if sometimes “these codes are more important than any psychiatric diagnosis.”
There are Z Codes for Education, Employment, Adverse Childhood Events, Upbringing, Housing, Economics, and Family. In terms of the social environment, Code Z60.5 is particularly notable for what I have come to call social psychopathologies....
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