RE: 5D assessment

[Faye Jones]

This is the one exception to the midnight rule (admission and discharge in the same day).  We do a 5 day to get a RUGS category and bill for the day.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 5D assessment   We are hospital base facility, am I right NOT to do a 5D assessment if the patient stayed in our unit for only an hour and he was sent back to acute hospital? Thanks!