253Z00000X — In Home Supportive Care Agency

Grouping

Agencies

Classification

In Home Supportive Care

Specialization

None — this code IS the classification

Section

Non-Individual

Definition

An In Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient's home with the goal of enabling the patient to remain at home. The services provided may include personal care services such as hands-on assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), e.g., eating, bathing, dressing, and bladder and bowel requirements; homemaker services and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), e.g., taking medications, shopping for groceries, laundry, housekeeping, and companionship; and/or supervision or cuing so that a person can perform tasks themselves.

NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.