What patient status code should be used for a patient transferred from an inpatient acute care hospital to a Medicare-certified SNF under the following conditions?
• Patient has elected the hospice benefit and will be receiving hospice care under arrangement with a hospice organization; the patient is receiving residential care only. • Patient does not qualify for skilled level of care outside the hospice benefit for conditions unrelated to the terminal illness. A: For both conditions, use Code 51 Hospice – medical facility.
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