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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
*Use this code for instances that are psychosocial in nature and NOT medical or psychiatric.   
*Use this code for instances that are psychosocial in nature and NOT medical or psychiatric.   
'''Examples include:'''   
'''Includes'''   
*Failure to cope when a true psychiatric diagnosis (e.g. depression) is NOT present
*Failure to cope when a true psychiatric diagnosis (e.g. depression) is NOT present
*Admission for a purely social reason -- e.g. can't make due without a ramp at home, and it fell down
*Admission for a purely social reason -- e.g. can't make due without a ramp at home, and it fell down
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*This code includes some or much of what was previously called "Adult failure to thrive"
*This code includes some or much of what was previously called "Adult failure to thrive"
* Homelessness
* Homelessness
* Inability to afford prescribed medications; not taking them and results/contributes to hospitalization
**Combine this code with [[Medical noncompliance]] if applicable
'''Excludes'''
* Admissions for "respite" use [[Respite care]] instead
*This code can also be used as a [[Comorbid Diagnosis]] if the patient is experiencing any of the above, or as an [[Acquired Diagnosis]]


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==