OASIS Changes Planned for January 2008 Implementation

Table 1: OASIS Changes Planned for January 2008 Implementation
#	OASIS Item	Planned Action	Comment
	M0110 Early/Late Payment Episode	Add new item.	Needed for new HHRG algorithm.
	M0175 Inpatient Facility Discharge	Delete from follow-up time point (RFA 4,5).and change skip instruction for NA response.	No longer included in HHRG algorithm
	M0230/240 Diagnoses and Severity Index	Change format and instructions to accommodate changes to payment diagnoses	Format change only, related to change in payment diagnosis item.
	M0245 Payment Diagnoses	Delete and replace with M0246, which allows more than two diagnoses to be coded.	Needed for new HHRG algorithm.
	M0470 Number of Observable Stasis Ulcers	Add to follow-up time point (RFA 4,5).	Needed for new supplies payment model.
	M0474 Stasis Ulcer that Cannot be Observed	Add to follow-up time point (RFA 4, 5)	Needed for new supplies payment model
	M0520 Urinary Incontinence or Catheter Present	Add to follow-up time point (RFA 4,5).	Needed for new supplies payment model
	M0610 Behaviors Demonstrated	Delete from follow-up time point (RFA 4,5).	No longer included in HHRG algorithm
	M0800 Management of Injectable Medications	Add to follow-up time point (RFA 4,5).	Needed for new HHRG algorithm.
	M0810 Patient Management of Equipment	Change skip instruction for NA response to reference M0826 instead of M0825.	Consequence of changing M0825 to M0826.
	M0825 Therapy Need	Replace with new item M0826 to capture anticipated number of visits.	Needed for new HHRG algorithm.
	OASIS Version	Change 12/2002 to 1/2008 in document footer.	Needed for version control.

Table 2: Changes to OASIS Document not Associated with Payment but Planned for January 2008 ImplementationOASIS Changes
#	OASIS Item	Planned Action	Comment
	M0190 Inpatient Diagnosis M0210 Change in Medical Regimen Diagnoses M0230/240 Diagnoses and Severity Index	Remove insert titled “Effective 10/1/2003” and change regular item wording to conform with item wording in insert.	Insert was put into OASIS-B1 (12/2002) to avoid having to issue a 10/2003 revision.

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