Coding & OASIS Review Blog

08 Coding Tip of the Month - July 2010
Correct Use of M1024 Note: Click here for CMS' Table 4 mentioned in this video blog.
07 Is Your Case Mix Weight Showing You the Money?
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C As PPS Plus Software's education director, I often speak to agencies that are frustrated with the decrease in their average case mix weight since the implementation of OASIS-C. So why is this a…...more

28 Arterial Ulcers
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C Let's continue the wound discussion by focusing on arterial ulcers. These wounds will be found in patients with arterial disease. Because of the partial/total occlusions or calcification of the arteries, circulation to the…...more
03 Coding Tip of the Month - May 2010
Are the OASIS Dimensions Supporting Each Other?

22 Say Goodbye to Home Health Compare… For Now.
by Jennifer Warfield, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C All of us in home health knew that there would be some changes regarding our outcomes data, the addition of process measures and the Home Health Compare (HHC) data once OASIS-C began in…...more
16 Stasis Ulcers
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C Some of the most frequently misidentified /miscoded types of wounds are stasis ulcers. It is important to understand the etiology behind the ulcers when identifying a wound. In patients with venous stasis disease,…...more
12 Coding Tip of the Month - April 2010
Complicated Knee Replacements

10 Coding Tip of the Month - March 2010
Coding Complicated Surgical Wounds
05 M2250d: Depression Interventions on Plan of Care
by Ann Giles, RN, BSN, HCS-D, COS-C In my last blog post I discussed some strategies for answering M2250 correctly. I feel as if line item d needs special attention, as it is often scored incorrectly. The latest set of…...more

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