CMS Releases MDS 3.0 RAI Manual v1.18.11R Errata

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​​The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual v1.18.11R Errata and it is available to download on the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual webpage​. The file is labeled MDS3.0RAIManualv1.18.11R.Errata.September.8.2023

The errata document contains revisions to pages in Chapter 4 of the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual version (v)1.18.11R that better align the Care Area Assessments (CAAs) with the Care Area Trigger (CAT), CAAs to the CAT specifications, as well as a revision to Section D that corrects the guidance for Coding Instructions to item D0160: Total Severity Score.  

Changed manual pages are marked with the footer October 2023 (R). The errata document also 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.