"I2 - Infections
Check an item only if the infection has a relationship to current ADL status, cognitive status, mood and behavior status, medical treatment, nursing monitoring, or risk of death. Do not record any conditions that have been resolved and no longer affect the resident's functional status or care plan."
I copied above from the instructions for I2, and I don't understand why they're making such a big deal over this. I interpret the instructions to say "if the condition affects their functional status or care plan then it's still appropriate". Often it takes six full weeks to recover from pneumonia. So what if they're no longer receiving active treatment like an antibiotic, it's still affecting them, and that's why they're still on Med A.
Somebody please straighten me out.
Thanks, Sally
This has been my thinking as well! Shouldn't we continue to code the infectious process per the instruction for I2, as long as it is currently affecting the resident's status and we are monitoring and documenting how it's affecting them-V/S, oxygen-use as it occurs, labs including WBC, respiratory status and S/S such as SOB/weakness/poor endurance affecting ADLs, etc.??
TIA!
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