MDS Alert

What Do You Think? To Code Or Not To Code Pneumonia

How would you answer these 2 questions?

Questions: (1) When is a diagnosis of pneumonia a reason for skilled nursing care?

(2) Should your facility develop protocols for clinicians diagnosing this condition and determining when it has resolved?

Answer: See the experts' answers in the May 2006 MDS Alert.

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