Based on record review, and interviews with staff and a prosthetic company employee, the facility failed to facilitate replacement of a lost prosthetic liner so the resident could use his prosthesis and walk. This was for one (Resident # 4) of one sampled resident who had a prosthesis. The findings included: Resident # 4 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses which in part included diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and left below knee amputation. The resident's quarterly Minimum Data Set assessment, dated 7/27/24, coded the resident as cognitively intact and as not using a prosthesis during the assessment period. The resident was also coded to have moderate impairment of his vision. …
F696 citations in North Carolina
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
North Carolina cites F696 more often than its own record predicts
5.38 times the share F696 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in North Carolina in 2024, this is the portion that was F696.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What North Carolina surveyors wrote
F696 findings written in North Carolina, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
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