During the 1135 waiver, a resident's primary diagnosis for a new Medicare stay will not only come from a prior hospital stay. At the beginning of the Medicare stay the primary diagnosis needs to be identified, documented and coded on the MDS and claim. The Diagnosis Guide defines the steps for an SNF to follow to identify and manage a resident's medical diagnoses related to a new Medicare skilled stay.

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