We have a patient that had an interruption to their episode of care due to needing acute care, but who is now not going to return the rehab program. How do we end the episode?
This does happen occasionally. As long as it is definite that the patient will not return to complete their episode the following steps should be taken: 1. Remove the suspension of treatment date and set suspension to NO 2. Enter the end FIM™ score for the patient* 3. Put the original suspension date as the end date for the episode 4. Give the appropriate reason for episode end * For SNAPshot users, where the end FIM™ is unknown and it is not possible to get an end FIM™, enter 1 for all end FIM™ scores (a total of 18) and in the comments section of the episode screen type “FIM 18 used because suspension of treatment converted to end date”. This will not effect your units results. All end FIM™ scores of 18 are reviewed by AROC and will be excluded from FIM™ change calculations in situations like this.
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