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Thank you so much Talino. :) Since she came in with a different diagnosis then her prior admission to the facility, will this be a new admission/5day?? or just a plain 5 day will be okay unless the team determines that a sig change has occurred? What qualifies for a sig change to occur? I'm trying to look it up in the MDS manual but I cant seem to find out where that section is under.

MDS - MCR patient Patient was discharged to the hospital during facility stay 12/13/16 @ 830am and was admitted for 1 day (pass 24 hours) due to Gallstone and had surgery and returned to the facility the next day 12/14/16 @ 1650pm. What assessments do I open? Patient has a different admitting diagnosis to the facility. She was admitted to the hospital, so this does not qualify for the midnight rule correct? Do I open up a discharge MDS, Entry MDS and admission/5 day or sig change/5day? Totally confused. Thank you