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Wound Dressings in Section M5
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Do wound dressings have to be applied daily in order to code them in Section M5 on the MDS?
Answer: No. If you applied any dressing even once during the seven-day lookback, and it meets the RAI manual definition for MDS items M5e-h, check the appropriate MDS item.
The definitions at M5e-h read as follows:
Source: RAI user's manual, chapter 3, pages 167-168.
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