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1. Admitting Dx

   smithand posted a topic in MDS

   Hello everyone I am looking for CMS regulation regarding Admitting diagnosis. Patient was admitted from hospital to our facility and nurses put Admitted diagnosis as Dehydration. I have been told I cannot change admitted dx. Per hospital discharge re...

2. OBRA

   smithand replied to smithand's topic in MDS

   Thank you Talino !

3. OBRA

   smithand posted a topic in MDS

   Hello, I am looking for OBRA MDS calculator, today I found out that I opened an assessment 2 days late Please help.

4. Help please

   smithand replied to smithand's topic in MDS

   Thank you Talino

5. Help please

   smithand replied to smithand's topic in MDS

   State is coming toour Facility soon. I am so scared this is my first state survey as an MDSC. Wehave one patient I am very scared we are going to get tag because we didn'topen a SCSA for a new pressure ulcer of sacrum stage 3 on time. During thatperi...

6. Help please

   smithand replied to smithand's topic in MDS

   Talino should I also coded it as worsening since its was wound and it's now a pressure ulcer ? Thank you so much for your help.

7. Help please

   smithand replied to smithand's topic in MDS

   Thank you so much for taking time and responding.

8. Confused

   smithand posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hello, I am having some issues with my skin assessments. We have a patient with gluteal wounds, on the first skin assessment nurses just describe it as wound. " patient with wound on his left gluteal fold. Now they are describing it as pressure "pre...

9. Gluteal Wounds

   smithand posted a topic in Wound

   Hello, I am having some issues with my skin assessments. We have a patient with gluteal wounds, on the first skin assessment nurses just describe it as wound. " patient with wound on his left gluteal fold. Now they are describing it as pressure "pres...

10. Help please

    smithand posted a topic in MDS

    I have a patient within looking back period of his QRTLY assessment I coded him with NO pressure ulcer, since on his weekly skin assessment revealed only wound on his Right gluteal fold. Now I am working on Annual Assessment and weekly skin assessme...