CMS Website

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CMS Website

• http//www.hhs.gov/medicaid/mds20

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Section E- Mood and Behaviors Patterns

• Indicators of depression, anxiety, sad moods that
  occur once or twice in the past 30 days are not
  coded
• Contradictory information found in medical record
  between various disciplines and what is coded on
  the MDS

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Section G-Physical Functioning and Structural
Problems

• Full look back period is not used throughout the
  3 shifts
• ADL coded does not reflect what the resident
  actually performs

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Section P-Special Treatments and Procedures

• Miscalculation of therapy minutes
• Rounding minutes off to the nearest hundred
• Coding nursing rehabilitation/restorative care
  without meeting the specific RAI guideline
  criteria
• Miscoding restraints and devices
• Miscounting physicians visits and orders