> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://coloradobehavioralhealthadministration.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Living Situation Codes

> Housing and living arrangement codes

## Overview

The Living Situation field captures the client's housing status at admission and discharge. This information is critical for understanding social determinants of health and tracking housing outcomes.

**Field format:** `9(2)` -- two-digit numeric string
**Valid values:** `01`-`03`, `05`, `08`-`09`, `11`-`16`, `99`

## Living Situation Codes

| Code | Description |
| - | - |
| `01` | Correctional facility / Jail |
| `02` | Inpatient |
| `03` | CSU, Mental Health |
| `05` | Foster Home |
| `08` | Nursing Home |
| `09` | Residential Treatment / Group |
| `11` | Sober Living |
| `12` | Unhoused |
| `13` | Supported Housing |
| `14` | Assisted Living |
| `15` | Independent Living |
| `16` | Halfway House |
| `99` | Unknown |

> [!NOTE]
>
> Codes `04`, `06`, `07`, and `10` are not assigned. The numbering gaps are intentional.

## Usage Example

```csv theme={null}
LIVING_SITUATION
15
```

## Living Situation Categories

### Institutional (01-03, 08-09)

Facilities and institutional settings:

* **Correctional facility / Jail** -- incarcerated clients
* **Inpatient** -- currently in inpatient care
* **CSU, Mental Health** -- Crisis Stabilization Unit
* **Nursing Home** -- long-term care facility
* **Residential Treatment / Group** -- residential treatment or group home

### Recovery and Transitional Housing (11, 13, 16)

Structured living environments supporting recovery:

* **Sober Living** -- drug/alcohol-free housing
* **Supported Housing** -- housing with support services
* **Halfway House** -- transitional recovery residence

### Independent and Assisted (14-15)

* **Assisted Living** -- supportive housing for elderly/disabled
* **Independent Living** -- client maintains own residence

### Youth (05)

* **Foster Home** -- state custody placement

### Unstable (12)

* **Unhoused** -- without stable housing

## Tracking Housing Changes

Compare Living Situation between admission and discharge to measure housing outcomes:

```csv theme={null}
# Admission - Unhoused
RECORD_TYPE|LIVING_SITUATION
ADM|12

# Discharge - Independent Living
RECORD_TYPE|LIVING_SITUATION
DIS|15
```

> [!TIP]
>
> Housing stability is a key outcome measure. Track transitions from unstable housing to stable housing arrangements.

> [!TIP]
>
> **Used in:** [ADMISSION - Baseline Assessment](https://coloradobehavioralhealthadministration.mintlify.site/schemas/admission.md#baseline-assessment-fields) · [DISCHARGE - Status at Discharge](https://coloradobehavioralhealthadministration.mintlify.site/schemas/discharge.md#status-at-discharge-fields)


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