Imprisonment and other incarceration

This code identifies a patient's personal history or current experience of being confined or detained in a correctional facility, such as a prison or jail. It reflects the psychosocial impact of incarceration on an individual's health status.

This code is appropriate when a patient's health condition or treatment is influenced by their current or past imprisonment. It can be used as a secondary diagnosis to provide context for other medical or mental health conditions.

• Always assign this code as a secondary diagnosis, never as a primary diagnosis.
• Consider using this code in conjunction with mental health diagnoses (e.g., depression, PTSD) or physical conditions exacerbated by incarceration.
• Document clearly in the patient's record the relevance of incarceration to their current health encounter.