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.
If a SNF sets the ARD for its 14-day assessment to day 14, then day 1 for the purposes of the COT observation period would be day 15 of the SNF stay, and the facility would be required to review its therapy minutes for that resident for the week consisting of days 15-21.