The definition of the Characteristics of Home Environment template 2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.4.109, open says, "This template represents the patient's home environment including, but not limited to, type of residence (trailer, single family home, assisted living), living arrangement (e.g., alone, with parents), and housing status (e.g., evicted, homeless, home owner)." However, the value set that the template uses may not include all the needed concepts. Also the range of characteristics is so broad and diverse, it may not be useful to record them all using a single value set.

This issue is being added as follow-up to CDA-1642