Version 5035 has an update that corrects two software “bug” in the PPS HIPPS calculations. ICD9 codes 29420 & 29421 were not scoring as diagnosis group 17 Psych 2. This would cause a under scoring of the HIPPS code. There was also a unique circumstance if diagnosis group 10, Neuro 1, and 11, Neuro 2, were used on the same assessment that would result in an over scoring of the HIPPS code. These have been corrected and we apologize for any problems they may have caused.
We appreciate agencies that notify us when they submit OASIS to the state and the state report shows they calculated a HIPPS code different that what was submitted. These can be very time consuming to resolve because of the complexity of the calculations, but are extremely important to us and we try to resolve them as quickly as possible. Thanks