DiraChart MDS item reference
N0300Section Nv1.20.1Manual page N-1
Injections
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N0300 — Injections
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RAI Manual v1.20.1Steps for Assessment
1. Review the resident’s medication administration records for the 7-day look-back period (or
since admission/entry or reentry if less than 7 days).
2. Review documentation from other health care locations where the resident may have
received injections while a resident of the nursing home (e.g., flu vaccine in a physician’s
office, in the emergency room – as long as the resident was not admitted).
3. Determine if any medications were received by the resident via injection. If received,
determine the number of days during the look-back period they were received.
N0300: Injections (cont.)
Manual page N-1RAI Manual v1.20.1Coding Instructions
Record the number of days during the 7-day look-back period (or since admission/entry or
reentry if less than 7 days) that the resident received any type of medication, antigen, vaccine,
etc., by injection.
Insulin injections are counted in this item as well as in Item N0350.
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Count the number of days that the resident received any type of injection while a
resident of the nursing home.
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Record the number of days that any type of injection (e.g., subcutaneous, intramuscular,
or intradermal) was received in Item N0300.
Manual page N-1RAI Manual v1.20.1Coding Tips
and Special Populations
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For subcutaneous pumps, code only the number of days that the resident actually required
a subcutaneous injection to restart the pump.
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If an antigen or vaccination is provided on one day, and another vaccine is provided on
the next day, the number of days the resident received injections would be coded as 2
days.
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If two injections were administered on the same day, the number of days the resident
received injections would be coded as 1 day.
Manual page N-1 MDS item matrixAssessment Applicability
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7 relationships3 groups+
OBRA Stand Alone Assessments
OBRA Admission A=01, B=99, F=99, G=^, H=0
MDS Item Matrix v1.20.1 v4
OBRA Quarterly A=02, B=99, F=99, G=^, H=0
MDS Item Matrix v1.20.1 v4
OBRA Annual / Sig Chg A=03, B=99, F=99, G=^, H=0 A= 04, B=99, F=99, G=^, H=0
MDS Item Matrix v1.20.1 v4
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