CMS Posts the FINAL Version of the v1.18.11 MDS 3.0 Item Sets

Posted in INDUSTRY NEWS, Long-Term Care

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

What’s New –

August 24, 2023

UPDATED: Final MDS 3.0 Item Sets version 1.18.11 v5

The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.18.11 have been updated and are now available in the Downloads section on theMinimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual page. All item sets have been replaced with revised versions. The list below highlights all substantive changes or corrections since the final versions were first posted on April 3rd. Additionally, a number of other items (not listed) have had small changes to their formatting. This will be the final version of the MDS Item Sets v1.18.11 that will be effective beginning October 01, 2023.

A1005 on IPA     Corrected erroneous lettering of final subitem (changed A1005Z to A1005Y [correct]).

A1200 on NC and NQ                 Corrected erroneous numbering scheme for responses (changed from 0-4 ) to 1-5 [correct]).

A2121 on NQ                               Corrected typo (<Referenc>) in choice 0.

B1300 on NPE                              Changed completion language to remove <Complete only if A0310G = 1>. 

D0100 on NPE                              Changed completion language to remove <If A0130G=2 Skip to D0700. Otherwise.> 

D0100 on NPE                              Corrected incorrect skip pattern in choice 0.

D0100 on IPA                               Removed erroneous skip pattern language.

D0150B on NQ                             Removed <or appearing> from item language.

D0700 on NPE                              Changed completion language to remove <Complete only if A0310G = 1>. 

D0700 on ND                               Added completion language <Complete only if A0310G = 1>. 

GG0130, Column 3, on NPE      Changed completion language to remove <and A2105 is not = 04>.

GG0170, Column 3, on NPE      Changed completion language to remove <and A2105 is not = 04>.

GG0170, Column 3, on SD         Corrected capitalization in item title from <stay> to <Stay> (on first page of two).

I0020 on IPA                                Corrected numbering of final option from 99 to 13.

J0530 on SD                                 Removed erroneous option 0 and corrected typo (<activites>) in question that the resident is being asked.

J0600 on NP                                 Corrected label for boxes from <Enter Code> to <Enter Rating>.

J1400 on NP                                 Corrected typo (inserted missing closing parenthesis at end of item text).

M0300 on SP                               Added missing item title to heading at top of page.

M0300C on NPE                          Corrected typo (removed period at end of item).

M1040 on NC                              Corrected typo in label in the gray area above subitem A (made <Problems> plural).

O0300A on NP and NQ              Corrected transposition of verbs in skip patterns (changed <Skip> to <Continue> in choice 0 and <Continue> to <Skip> in choice 1).

O0400 on NC and NQ                 Changed completion language to add <complete O0400D2 when required by state)>.

O0500 on IPA, NP, and SP         Removed extra box at left (items O0500D–O0500J had eight boxes for only seven items in the list) and realigned boxes on left with items on right.

X1100E on SD    Restored this subitem, which was missing in previous version.