Unavailability and inaccessibility of other helping agencies

This code indicates that a patient's care or well-being is negatively impacted because necessary external support services, beyond direct medical care, are either not available or cannot be reached. This includes situations where social services, mental health support, or other community resources are lacking or inaccessible.

Apply this code when a patient's treatment plan or discharge is complicated by the absence or inaccessibility of crucial non-medical support agencies. This could be used when a patient cannot be discharged due to a lack of available home health agencies, or when a patient's mental health condition is exacerbated by an inability to access community mental health services.

• Use as a secondary code to explain a factor influencing a patient's primary condition or treatment.
• Document the specific type of helping agency that is unavailable or inaccessible in the patient's record.
• Do not use for direct medical service unavailability; this code is for other helping agencies.