CMS Updates MDS Manual to Correct Errors (SNF)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted errata updates to the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI) Manual, version 1.18.11 on the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual page effective October 1, 2023. 

The errata document contains corrections for 21 identified issues in the MDS-RAI Manual. The resolutions are detailed for clarity and provide additional guidance for accurate assessment and care planning activities. This includes: ​In Section D and Chapter 6 to support item D0100, Should Resident Mood Interview be Conducted? serving as a gateway item for the Resident Mood Interview (PHQ-2 to 9©) and D0500, Staff Assessment of Resident Mood (PHQ-9-OV©).     

Minor revisions also included are corrections to language in Section Q to provide proper guidance on Care Area Assessment (CAA) requirements, corrections to language in Chapter 2 to provide proper guidance on combining Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) discharge assessments, an updated Internet Quality Improvement & Evaluation System (iQIES) warning error message in Chapter 5, updated screenshots in Section A and Section O, and an updated MDS Item Matrix. The errata document also includes all issues from previous MDS 3.0 RAI Manual v1.18.11R errata releases.

Changed manual pages are marked with the footer “October 2023 (R).” The errata document begins with a table that lists all identified revisions and the pages to which they have been applied. Following the table are the actual corrected replacement pages for insertion into the printed manual.