ArHIMA | Social Determinants of Health

Overview

This session will address what are Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and their relationship to patient health outcomes and costs. The need to collect SDOH information to better assess patient risks and outcomes will also be discussed. The current state of ICD-10-CM coding and documentation for SDOH will be addressed as well as other efforts underway to improve standardized definitions, documentation and coding of SDOH. Steps to improve the capture of SDOH documentation and codes will be provided.

At the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand what social determinants of health (SDOH) are and their impact on patient outcomes.
• Apply ICD-10-CM official guidelines for coding social determinant of health information (SDOH).
• Describe current efforts underway to capture SDOH using classification systems and clinical terminologies.
• Implement strategies to improve the documentation and coding of SDOH.

Date Published

May 13, 2021

Speaker

Margaret M. (Maggie) Foley, PhD, RHIA, CCS AHIMA ICD-10-CM/PCS Approved Trainer

Pricing

CE

# of CEs: 1.0 – Evolving Topics/Other HIIM Relevant Topics

AHIMA

This educational offering has been approved for continuing education credit for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

AAPC

CEUs are accepted from programs sponsored by AHIMA national offices and the state or regional AHIMA branches. One hour of instruction is worth one CEU.  A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation.

Instructions

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