MDS Alert
Coding Quizzer
Published on Sun Jan 01, 2006 
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A resident receives a physician exam during an unscheduled emergency room visit. Can you code the physician exam as a "visit" at P7?
Answer: No. This item does not include exams conducted in an emergency room. If the resident was examined by a physician during an unscheduled emergency room visit, record the number of times this happened in the last 90 days in Item P6, Emergency Room (Visits), states the RAI manual.
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