# Nursing home F-tags: what each one means

> Plain-language guides to the F-tags that incident reporting touches most: falls, abuse reporting, medication errors, infection control and QAPI.

Source: https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags

F-tags are CMS's numbered nursing home rules; these guides cover the ones incidents trigger, and the evidence you need.

- [F689: free of accident hazards, supervision and devices](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f689): F689 is the CMS nursing home tag for falls, hazards and supervision (42 CFR 483.25(d)). See what surveyors ask for, how severity is set and what to record.
- [F600: free from abuse and neglect](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f600): F600 is the CMS nursing home abuse and neglect tag under 42 CFR 483.12(a)(1). See what it covers, which records surveyors review and how severity is set.
- [F609: reporting of alleged violations](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f609): F609 sets nursing home reporting clocks for abuse, neglect and suspected crimes (42 CFR 483.12): 2 hours, 24 hours and 5 working days. See what to keep.
- [F610: investigate, prevent and correct alleged violations](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f610): F610 says nursing homes must investigate every abuse or neglect allegation, protect residents meanwhile and fix problems. See the clock and the evidence.
- [F684: quality of care](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f684): F684 is the CMS catch-all quality of care tag for nursing homes (42 CFR 483.25). See what it covers, how avoidable decline is judged, what to have ready.
- [F760: residents are free of significant medication errors](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f760): F760 says nursing home residents must be free of significant medication errors (42 CFR 483.45(f)(2)). See how significance is judged and what to keep.
- [F880: infection prevention and control](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f880): F880 is the most cited nursing home tag. See what 42 CFR 483.80 requires, what surveyors check, how severity is set and how to record incidents.
- [F865: QAPI program and plan](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f865): F865 requires a nursing home QAPI program and plan (42 CFR 483.75). See what surveyors ask for, what is protected from disclosure and the good faith rule.
- [F867: QAPI/QAA improvement activities](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f867): F867 requires nursing homes to track adverse events, find root causes, act on data and run an annual project (42 CFR 483.75(c)-(e)). See what to show.
- [F868: the QAA committee](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/f-tags/f868): F868 sets who must sit on a nursing home QAA committee and how often it meets (42 CFR 483.75(g), 483.80(c)). See the roster rules and what proof to keep.