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Use This Cheat-Sheet To Know When Your Coding Flags Care Planning
Published on Thu Jan 29, 2015 
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How coding these items in certain ways may (or may not) become care area triggers.
When you’re coding the MDS 3.0, you have a multitude of coding options that will trigger the 20 Care Areas. But with so many, anticipating these triggers can be nearly impossible. Use this handy quick-reference chart to make your job easier.
Source: RAI Manual v1.12R, Chapter 4.
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