MDS Alert
What Do You Think? To Code Or Not To Code Pneumonia
Published on Sun Mar 26, 2006 
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How would you answer these 2 questions?
Questions: (1) When is a diagnosis of pneumonia a reason for skilled nursing care?
(2) Should your facility develop protocols for clinicians diagnosing this condition and determining when it has resolved?
Answer: See the experts' answers in the May 2006 MDS Alert.
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