4 Section
OASIS
Timepoints, scoring conventions, and the items people get wrong.
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4.1What OASIS Is, and Why Every Answer Matters
What the assessment is for, the timepoints and their deadlines, and the scoring conventions that cause most errors.
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4.2Timepoints and Deadlines
Which assessment is due when, who may complete it, the M0090 date that trips people up, and what to do when you miss a window.
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4.3Scoring Conventions
The handful of rules that decide most OASIS answers — and the instincts that get in their way.
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4.4The GG Functional Items
The six-point scale, what usual performance means, the activity-not-attempted codes, and why GG and the M items give different answers for the same patient.
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4.5Is It a Surgical Wound? (M1340 / M1040)
The decision list for what counts as a surgical wound on OASIS, the items people most often get backwards, and when a surgical wound becomes a scar.
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4.6Medication and Cognitive Items
The drug regimen review series, what counts as a clinically significant issue, and scoring cognition on the day rather than from the diagnosis.
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4.7Inconsistencies That Trigger Review
The specific contradictions reviewers find first, and a five-minute self-check that catches nearly all of them before you submit.