Published
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Managed_Health_Care/HCRA/docs/hcrahb/HCRAHB_Appendix_O.pdf
Check above as well as with your DON...
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Managed_Health_Care/HCRA/docs/hcrahb/HCRAHB_Appendix_O.pdf
may need to subsitute fdhc.state.flnydhc.state.ny
Check above as well as with your DON...
None of the Above:D
It's actually in here, pp. 182 - 183...
http://cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/mds20/rai1202ch3.pdf
but I have to call on those who are familiar w/ the MDS (Minimum Data Set).
Sorry for your trouble.:)
Talino
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MDS Manual 2003 Section P1i: SUCTIONING
Definition:
i. Suctioning - Includes nasopharyngeal or tracheal aspiration only. Oral suctioning should not be coded here.
"Oral suctioning should not be coded here." (This was not an issue with the former MDS Manual)
If I have a client who has excessive salivation that collects primarily in the buccal cavity and has an order -- "Suction oral secretions before each meal and prn", where shall it be coded then?
...or shall I wait 'til it travels down the pharynx or trachea before I suction it to count???
What's your interpretation?