Bedroom in nursing home as place

This code identifies a patient's injury or adverse event occurring specifically within their bedroom located within a nursing home facility. It pinpoints the precise location of an external cause, such as a fall, burn, or other incident, within this residential care setting.

Apply this code when documentation clearly states an injury or condition resulted from an external cause that took place in a patient's private room within a nursing home. This is crucial for tracking incidents specific to the resident's immediate living space within the facility.

• Always pair this code with an external cause code (V00-Y99) and an injury code (S00-T88).
• Ensure documentation specifies "bedroom" and "nursing home" to support this granular location.
• Distinguish from other areas within a nursing home (e.g., bathroom, common area) which have different place of occurrence codes.