Test Your Knowledge

Test Your Knowledge Questions:

1)  If a resident is admitted with over 20 pressure ulcers and 10 of these are deep tissue pressure injuries, how would M0300 be coded? The MDS only allows a single-digit amount, 0- 9. 

2) Can Ibrance be included at O0110A1, for a resident receiving chemotherapy as part of their cancer treatment? Can oral chemotherapy be coded? 

3) If a resident was recently admitted with multiple fractures related to an ATV accident, is it appropriate to use Z47.89, Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare, as the principal diagnosis code? 

4) A resident left the facility with family on 12/25/24. The plan was for the resident to return to the facility around 8 pm the same day. Instead, the family called and said they were not bringing the resident back until the morning of 12/26/24. How does this affect the resident's Medicare A coverage? The resident was back in the facility than 24 hours. I know that the day of 12/25/24 cannot be billed. Do we have to stop the Medicare A coverage altogether with the last covered day 12/24/24? Is this considered a therapeutic leave?