Oasis: Surveyors Taking Closer Look At Wound Care Training
How accurate are HHAs' OASIS wound care answers?Heads up, home health agencies: OASIS wound care coding is the next hot spot on the feds' list. A staggering 111 points in the clinical severity domain are at stake in OASIS items M0440 (wounds/lesions), M0450 (multiple pressure ulcers), M0460 (most problematic pressure ulcer stage), M0476 (stasis ulcer status) and M0488 (surgical wound status). And it takes only 41 points to boost a patient to the highest clinical domain score, C3 in the home health resource group. An increase from C0 (0 to 7 points) to C3 can make...
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