Patient Behaviors Indicating Low Literacy or Language Comprehension
Purpose: | To identify certain behaviors by a patient that may indicate low literacy or difficulty comprehending the language. |
Specialty: | General content (available to all) |
Objective: | other testing, selection, public health |
ICD-10: | Z55.0 |
Description: | Certain behaviors may indicate that a patient is illiterate or does not understand the language and that the patient is too embarrassed to admit this. These clues can help the healthcare provider to recognize a potential problem and to respond appropriately. |
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