A nurse believes that a client may benefit from home psychiatric care. Services will be reimbursed if documentation reflects which of the following?
A) An inability to leave the home due to chronic physical, psychosocial, or medical problems
B) Safety issues as a result of physical, psychosocial, or medical problems
C) Lack of family support to assist in care
D) Inadequate financial resources for private mental health care services
Ans: A
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Criteria for homebound status include (1) an inability to leave home alone because of physical, psychosocial, or medical problems, (2) a need for assistance and taxing effort to leave home, and (3) infrequent short absences from home only for medical or certain types of personal needs.
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