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Question 1

How often must a quarterly MDS assessment be completed after the previous OBRA assessment?

Accepted Answer

No later than 92 days

Answer

Quarterly assessments are due no later than 92 days after the previous OBRA assessment's target date.

Question 2

A long-stay resident has a sharp drop in intake and a decline in two or more areas that isn't expected to resolve. What assessment is required, and when?

Accepted Answer

A Significant Change in Status Assessment within 14 days of the determination

Answer

An SCSA must be completed within 14 days after the IDT determines a significant change occurred.

Question 3

Which F-tag in the CMS long-term care survey guidance covers maintaining acceptable parameters of nutritional status and hydration?

Accepted Answer

F692

Answer

F692 covers nutrition and hydration status maintenance, including body weight and protein levels.

Question 4

A bedbound resident can't stand for a height measurement. Which alternative should be documented as the method used?

Accepted Answer

Knee height or ulna length with a standard prediction equation

Answer

Knee-height or ulna-length estimates are validated for older adults and the method should be recorded.

Question 5

Which MDS item records nutritional approaches such as a mechanically altered diet, therapeutic diet, or feeding tube, both during and before the stay?

Accepted Answer

K0520

Answer

K0520 captures nutritional approaches in the look-back periods before and during the stay.

CSG - Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition Practice Test

CSG - Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition Practice Test

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