Why Home Health Providers Are Taking The Lead On ‘Z-Code’ Utilization

Home-based care providers are constantly looking for new ways to prove their value. One way they’re doing so is through Z-codes. 

Z-codes – encounter reason codes that document social determinants (SDoH) of health data – are relatively new. They are also seldomly used, appearing in less than 1% of all medical claims. But some of the organizations documenting them the most are home health providers.