MDS Alert
Coding Tip:
Know How To Code An SCSA Outside The Medicare Assessment Window
Published on Thu Jan 26, 2006 
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When you do a significant change assessment outside the assessment window for a regularly scheduled Medicare MDS, don't leave AA8b on the MDS blank--even though none of the coding options explains that particular scenario.
Code a "3" for the significant change assessment at AA8a and an "8" in AA8b for Other Medicare Required Assessment (OMRA) which will indicate the record is a Medicare assessment.
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