OASIS · Section M
M0100 — This Assessment is Currently Being Completed for the Following Reason
Response options, how to score it, and the error that most often sends the record back. Cited to Ch. 1, Item M0100.
Response options
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 01 | Start of care — further visits planned |
| 03 | Resumption of Care (after inpatient stay) |
| 04 | Recertification (follow-up) reassessment |
| 05 | Other follow-up |
| 06 | Transferred to an inpatient facility — patient not discharged from agency |
| 07 | Transferred to an inpatient facility — patient discharged from agency |
| 08 | Death at home |
| 09 | Discharge from agency |
How to score it
Select exactly one RFA per assessment. The RFA determines which items are required, the completion timepoint window, and how iQIES validates the submission. RFA 02 was retired in OASIS-C (January 2010); use RFA 03 for Resumption of Care instead. Note: the All-Item Instrument PDF displays values as single digits (e.g. "3."), but the iQIES transmission and our oasis_assessments.rfa_code DB column store zero-padded two-character codes (e.g. "03") per the OASIS Data Specifications. Both refer to the same RFA.
The common error
Using RFA 02 (Resumption of Care — retired). iQIES will reject any OASIS submission with RFA 02. Also: submitting RFA 04 outside the recert window (days 56–60) — iQIES will flag as a timing error.
CMS Q&As on this item
- Q20.1 When we complete the RFA 6, Transfer to an inpatient facility - patient not discharged from agency; and the…
- Q23 A patient receiving skilled nursing care from a HHA is periodically placed in a local hospital for family…
- Q23.01 If a patient was admitted to the hospital at 3 pm yesterday and then transfers directly to a hospice…
- Q23.1 I understand that when calculating the days you have to complete the comprehensive assessment, the SOC is Day…
- Q23.2 A patient is admitted to the hospital for knee replacement surgery. During the pre-surgical workup, a test…
- Q23.3.1 Our Home Health agency admitted a patient on July 1st. He was admitted to the hospital on July 28th; from…
- Q23.6 For the purposes of determining if a hospital admission was for reasons “other than diagnostic tests” how is…
- Q23.7 M0100 & M2410. HHAs are providing services for psychiatric/mental health patients. The physician admits the…
- Q23.8 M0100 & M2301. Observation Status/Beds - A patient is held for several days in an observation bed (referred…
- Q23.9 An HHA has a patient who has returned home from a hospital stay and they have scheduled the nurse to go in to…
- Q23.10 If a patient goes into a hospital as a “planned admission”, do we have to do a Transfer? We have a patient…
Source: OASIS-E2 Guidance Manual — Ch. 1, Item M0100. Verified 2026-04-26.
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