RE: Diagnosis

[Brenda Chance]

You don’t unless you can get a diagnosis before the ARD.  I usually cover it in my care plan by stating that resident or family states has hx of hypothyroidism.   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: Michelle Witges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Diagnosis   If you have a patient and the physician does not document in H&P, or anywhere that they have hypothyroidism, and they are on Synthroid, would you code Hypothyroidism on the MDS? Michelle   This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this message contains protected health information (PHI), it should not be forwarded to any other recipient without the authorization of the original sender and should be encrypted when possible.  If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the email address or telephone number above and delete this email from your computer.   Thank You.   Michelle Witges