Starfile / F-tag
F0697
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
What F0697 means
F0697is a federal nursing home deficiency tag issued by surveyors under CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. Facilities receive an F0697 citation when an inspector finds the facility failed to: provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Each citation carries a scope and severity codefrom A through L. Codes J, K, and L indicate “immediate jeopardy” — the most serious level, used when a facility's failure has caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death. Lower letters indicate less severe or less widespread failures.
Facilities most cited for F0697
Top 50 facilities by number of F0697 citations in the current three-year window.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, Nursing Home Care Compare Health Deficiencies dataset. Rolling 3-year window.