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Avoid These Pressure Ulcer Land Mines On OASIS C

Published on Wed Nov 18, 2009

Best bet: Start by learning what stage each item asks about. You should be hitting the pressure ulcer items heavily in your OASIS C training, or you'll be paying the price in your reimbursement and outcomes. Don't expect to make an easy transition from OASIS B-1 to OASIS C when it comes to the integumentary items. Twelve questions address pressure ulcers in the new assessment tool taking effect Jan. 1, and only careful reading will ensure an accurate answer. Why worry? Imagine your clinician's confusion when she gets to the integumentary items. Of the pressure ulcer questions: • M1306 (Does this patient have at least one unhealed pressure ulcer at Stage 2 or higher or designated as "unstageable"?) applies to Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, and unstageable ulcers. • M1307 (The oldest non-epithelialized Stage 2 pressure ulcer that is present at discharge) applies to Stage 2 only. • M1308 [...]
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