Nutrition Weight Dysphagia

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The domain’s common Part A denial patterns and the F-tag(s) it is surveyed under. The full catalog lives in Denial Patterns.

*Risk*	*Why it fails*	*Corrected pattern*
*Weight loss not flagged*	*Loss occurs without threshold recognition or action.*	*Calculate against thresholds and escalate a significant loss. (F692.)*
*Dysphagia not addressed*	*Signs present without precautions or a swallow eval.*	*Document signs, precautions, and the swallow referral. (F692.)*
*Enteral care thin*	*Feeding logged without tolerance/site.*	*Document rate, residual, tolerance, and site each shift. (F693.)*
*Section K unsupported*	*MDS codes a diet/loss the record doesn’t show.*	*Align weights/approach in the note with Section K (F641).*

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