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OASIS-C and Pressure Ulcers: Test Your Knowledge

Mon, Aug 30, 2010

Data Elements

OASIS-C and Pressure Ulcers: Test Your Knowledge

Test your knowledge about OASIS-C and reporting pressure ulcers.

A patient is admitted for treatment of congestive heart failure. Checking his past record, the RN learns that he received treatment for a Stage III ulcer two years ago. On admission, he has no wounds. He is discharged five weeks later with no further skin issues.

Determine the response to these data elements at the specified time:

a. M1308, current number of unhealed (non-epithelialized) pressure ulcers at each stage, at discharge
b. M1320, stage of the most problematic (observable) pressure ulcer

Come back to OASIS-Central on Wednesday for the answers!

This quiz was adapted from the March 2010 issue of Homecare Direction. Click here to learn more about how to subscribe.

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This post was written by:

Casey Ramsdell

Casey is an associate editor at Beacon Health, the homecare division of HCPro,Inc. She serves as the editor of Beacon Health's newsletter for administrators Homecare Administrator, contributes to Beacon's print and electronic publications, moderates audio conferences, and manages OASIS-Central. Casey has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northeastern University in Boston.

One Response to “OASIS-C and Pressure Ulcers: Test Your Knowledge”

  1. Diane L. Guthrie Says:
    September 2nd, 2010 at 9:49 am

    Casey- oops! a. is correct, but instead of b., it would be 1320 is 0- newly epithelialized.
    1310=00.0
    1312=00.0
    1314=00.0

    Have a great day!
    Diane L. Guthrie, R.N., COS-C
    Susquehanna Home Care & Hospice
    Williamsport, Pa. (570) 326-8948
    dguthrie@susquehannahealth.org


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