Deficiency Index

F639

Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

The harm level

How severely F639 is cited

0.0% of citations found actual harm or worse (level G and above).

Citations by CMS scope and severity. Rows are harm level, columns are how widespread the finding was.
SeverityIsolatedPatternWidespread
Immediate jeopardyJ—K—L—
Actual harmG—H—I—
No harm, potential for more than minimalD116.7%E350.0%F—
No harm, potential for minimalA—B116.7%C116.7%
Every recorded F639 citation, by the harm level and scope the surveyor assigned.

In the surveyor’s words

What an F639 citation says

One finding from each severity level, most serious first.

Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.

J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedSeptember 13, 2022

Based on observation, interview, and record review the facility failed to ensure resident care plans, resident assessments and diagnosis [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . As evidenced by Resident #1's discharge, wound/skin and admission assessments were noted to be recorded as late entries ranging from 6 to 92 days later respectively. Resident #1's wounds and care plans contained inaccurate classification and description of Resident #1's wounds and the care plans did not reflect the current treatment process in place for the resident's wound care. …

Pines Nursing Home · Florida

E · No harm, potential for more than minimal, patternMarch 8, 2024

Based on interviews and record review the facility failed to ensure all resident assessments completed within the previous 15 months in the resident's active record were maintained in the resident's active medical records for 6 of 6 residents reviewed for MDS assessments. (Resident #1, Resident #10, Resident #13, Resident #18, Resident # 21, and Resident #35) in that -MDS assessments for Resident #1, Resident #10, Resident #13, Resident #18, Resident # 21, and Resident #35 were not accessible to staff and ready to review, when the DON/Owner was not on site and able to unlock the cabinet in which all resident MDS assessments were stored. These failures affected 6 residents and placed them at risk of not having their assessments available for review. …

San Jose Nursing Center · Texas

C · No harm, potential for minimal, widespreadApril 25, 2024

Based on interview and record review facility staff failed to maintain fifteen (15) months of Minimum Data Set (MDS), a federally mandated resident assessment tool, assessments in the resident's active record for eight (Resident #1, #7, #13, #17, #23, #24, #26, and #32) of eight of sampled residents who were admitted greater than 15 months. The census was 54. 1. Review of the facility's MDS completion and submission timeframes policy dated 2010, showed the policy did not contain direction for maintaining MDS assessments. …

Rest Haven Health Care Center · Missouri

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