Transcript: Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that affects hemoglobin, the oxygen transport molecule in the blood. The disease gets its name from to the shape of the red blood cells under certain conditions.
â¢ The MDS completion date (Item Z0500B) must be no later than 14 days from the ARD (i.e., ARD + 14 calendar days) and no later than 14 days after the determination that the criteria for a SCSA were met.
The ARD for this must be day one, two, or three after the last day on which therapy was provided for at least 15 minutes. The date to set the ARD is not dependent upon the actual date of the physician's order to discontinue therapy but upon the actual last day that skilled therapy was provided.