Long-Term Care Survey Alert

Published on Wed Nov 09, 2011 PDF

How would you code the following at O0250 (Influenza Vaccine)? For the coding questions and options, see the picture of that MDS section below.

Example: "Mr. K. wanted to receive the influenza vaccine if it arrived prior to his scheduled discharge on October 5th. Mr. K. was discharged prior to the facility receiving their annual shipment of influenza vaccine, and therefore, Mr. K. did not receive the influenza vaccine in the facility. Mr. K. was encouraged to receive the influenza vaccine at his next scheduled physician visit," the RAI manual states.

Answer: "Coding: O0250A would be coded 0, no; O0250B is skipped, and O0250C would be coded 9, none of the above," states the RAI manual.

"Rationale: Mr. K. was unable to receive the influenza vaccine in the facility due to the fact that the facility did not receive its shipment of vaccine until after his discharge. None of the codes in O0250C, Influenza vaccine not received, state reason, are applicable."

Source: Printed verbatim from the RAI User's Manual.