RE: Sig change

[Brenda Chance]

You would still code it as an admission assessment.  You cannot do a significant change before you do an admission assessment.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Pippin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:00 PM To: AANAC ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Re: Sig change   I work in a skilled nursing unit and have a question about coding. We do all our 14 day MDS as a 1/7 We have a resident that has had a sig change (CVA) since admit can I code this as 3/7?  Will this still be an initial assessment? Thanks Lisa