The August update to the RAI manual should clear this up. On page 3-153 of the new
updat under Parenteral/IV it states, 'Do include the IV fluids in IV piggybacks. IV
medications dissolved in a diluent, as well as IV push medications are captured as IV
medications in P1ac."
So, IV antibiotices given IV piggyback, for example, would be coded as both an IV med
and Parenteral/IV on the MDS if given during the prescribed timeframes.
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Sent: Apr 7, 2004 8:35 AM
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Subject: IV fluids/IV meds
Another RNAC told one of our nurses that you cannot count IV fluids AND IV meds on the
MDS, even though they are captured under different sections. We had been counting
these under Dietary and Section P (example: D5 1/2 with Potassium would get coded
under both - or so I thought).
Could someone steer me in the right direction and thanks in advance.
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