Oasis on Newborn

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Here's a question that didn't come up for me until just yesterday. I admitted a Newborn Infant under NH Medicaid, but when I went to fill out the Oasis, I was stumped. Many of the questions required repsonsive client. Hearing, vision, pain, plus many others could not be properly addressed and there is no N/A choice for these. Does anyone have suggestions?

Barry

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/MICU/SICU/CTICU.

In all of my home care, I have never filled out an OASIS on anyone under the age of 18, or on any patient without Medicare. We have a comprehensive assessment, but no oasis questions on it. Do you have something like that? Maybe your QA person can shed some light?

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Specializes in pedi, pedi psych,dd, school ,home health.

OASIS is not done on anyone under 18. Even then, the questions do not always apply to some clients!

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Here's a question that didn't come up for me until just yesterday. I admitted a Newborn Infant under NH Medicaid, but when I went to fill out the Oasis, I was stumped. Many of the questions required repsonsive client. Hearing, vision, pain, plus many others could not be properly addressed and there is no N/A choice for these. Does anyone have suggestions?

Barry

Oasis is not typically required on pediatric patients.

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