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Don't Be Thrown By What 'Flu Season'Means In OASIS C

Published on Fri Jan 08, 2010

Delve into CMS's supplemental OASIS C guidance for the answer. Confusing wording could trip up your OASIS coding for vaccination process measures, if you don't learn an important distinction. When you answer "yes" to M1040, you'd better make sure four conditions apply. Scenario: You are discharging a patient on Jan. 2, 2010, at the end of his second separate episode of care that had a start of care date of Dec. 1, 2009. You had already administered the seasonal flu vaccine to the patient on Sept. 25, 2009, during his first separate episode of home care. Read These Questions and Choose A, B, or C Question #1: How do you answer M1040 (Influenza Vaccine: Did the patient receive the influenza vaccine from your agency for this year's influenza season [October 1 through March 31] during this episode of care?) in your discharge assessment? Your answer options for M1040 are: 0 -- [...]
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