Home Health Coding and OASIS Expert
Ask the Right Questions at Intake
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Use this form to gather important details.
Your data collection accuracy starts at the moment a patient is referred to your agency. Arm your intake staff with this list of condition-specific questions to get the details you need for accurate coding and OASIS completion right from the start.
ICD-10 will require agencies to collect more clinical information at intake, says Lisa Selman-Holman, JD, BSN, RN, COS-C, HCS-D, HCS-O, AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM Trainer/Ambassador of Selman-Holman & Associates, LLC, CoDR — Coding Done Right and Code Pro University in Denton, Texas. “This form was developed with both home health and hospice in mind,” she says. The prompts in this documentation template will help you to gather accurate, complete information for your Plan of Care and coding.
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