Group 872 - Residential care activities for mental

Group 872 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under Q Human Health and Social Work Activities > 87 Residential Care Activities. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.

This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.

Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.