SPECIAL REPORT: CMS Updates on MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions-Change in Coding of Blister Pressure Ulcers
Elizabeth A. Ayello PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN
Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CMD, CWS
Sharon Roberson RN

$7.95 		Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing
September 2010 
Volume 23  Number 9
Pages 394 - 397
 
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ABSTRACT
Editor's Note: The article "Essentials of MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions" was published in the June 2010 issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care. Since the article's publication, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid has announced additional updates to its guidelines affecting this section. This special report addresses those changes.Following the posting of the revised Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 on its Web site in November 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has continued to update the guidelines and resources needed for its implementation. Earlier this year, the CMS held educational programs to train surveyors and stakeholders on MDS 3.0. Based on information that was current at that time, an interdisciplinary team of authors, including a nurse from the CMS, authored an article in this journal on the essentials of MDS 3.0 regarding Section M: Skin Conditions.1 Since the article was published, revisions to these guidelines were posted on the CMS Web site. These

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