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Using a large administrative database of pediatric hospitalizations, we examined the prevalence of ICD social risk code documentation and hypothesized that social code documentation would be associated with longer length of stay (LOS) and readmission.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We analyzed hospitalizations of children ages \u226418 using the 2012 Nationwide Readmissions Database. The following ICD social codes were used as predictors: family member with alcohol and\/or drug problem, history of abuse, parental separation, foster care, educational circumstance, housing instability, other economic strain, and legal circumstance. Outcomes included long LOS (top quintile) and readmission within 30 days after discharge. Covariates included individual, hospital, and season variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 926\u2009073 index hospitalizations, 7432 (0.8%) had International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, social codes. Social code documentation was significantly associated with long LOS. Adjusting for covariates, family alcohol and\/or drug problem (odds ratio [OR] 1.65; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.16\u20132.35), foster care (OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.53\u20133.65), other economic strain (OR 2.12, 95% CI 1.38\u20133.26), and legal circumstances (OR 1.66; 95% CI 1.02\u20132.71) remained significant predictors of long LOS. Social code documentation was not associated with readmission after adjusting for covariates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Social ICD codes are associated with prolonged LOS and readmission in pediatric hospitalizations, but they are infrequently documented. 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