Person living in residential institution

This code identifies an individual whose primary residence is a facility providing structured living arrangements and varying levels of care or supervision. This includes settings such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, or other long-term residential care environments. It indicates the patient's living situation rather than a specific medical condition.

Apply this code when documenting the social circumstances of a patient who resides in any type of institutional setting that is not a hospital for acute care. This is often used as a supplementary code to provide context for a patient's primary medical diagnoses, particularly when their living situation impacts their care plan or discharge planning.

• Always assign this as a secondary or tertiary diagnosis, never as the primary reason for the encounter.
• Distinguish from homelessness (V60.0) or living alone (V60.2); this code specifically denotes an institutional residence.
• Ensure the documentation clearly states the patient's residence is a residential institution.