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M1060: CMS OASIS Q&As
2 questions CMS has answered, quoted whole from the CMS OASIS Q&As and the 2026 quarterlies.
M1060. If a patient’s height was not measured within the Start of Care (SOC) assessment timeframe for M1060a - Height is it okay to use a height that was measured on day 6?
To be compliant the SOC/ROC assessment must be completed by the end of the assessment timeframe. If a patient’s height cannot be measured during the assessment timeframe, and no agency- obtained height from a documented visit conducted within the previous 30-day window is available, enter a dash (-) to indicate “no information” for M1060a Height. CMS expects dash use to be a rare occurrence.
[Q&A ADDED 05/22; Previously CMS Qtrly Q&A 04/21 Q2]
Since the February 2026 release: July 2026 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As
If an agency admits a patient whose height and/or weight are outside the technical submission specification parameters, per the OASIS guidance, the agency is instructed to code M1060 - Height and Weight with a dash for the applicable item. The use of a dash does not allow for any risk adjustment to be made for a patient with a high BMI for the Discharge Function Score quality measure. Is there a way to avoid this measure implication?
The current technical submission specification parameters for M1060 - Height and Weight are:
- • •Height: 50 to 80 inches Weight: 65 to 440 pounds
If a patient’s height and or/weight fall outside the current technical submission specification parameters, agencies should enter the minimum or maximum value in the item. For example, if a patient weighs 440+ pounds, enter 440 (the maximum value) in M1060B - Weight; or if a patient is shorter than 50 inches, enter 50 (the minimum value) in M1060A - Height. Please note that this response supersedes the guidance found in the OASIS-E2 Guidance Manual that instructs agencies to code a dash for height and/or weight when a patient’s height and/or weight is outside of the reporting parameters. At times CMS provides new or refined instruction that supersedes previously published guidance. In such cases use the most recent guidance.
Source: CMS OASIS Q&As: Category 4 - OASIS Data Set: Forms and Items (March 2026) and July 2026 CMS Quarterly OASIS Q&As (July 2026), text extracted from the PDF with pdftotext, retrieved 2026-10-09. Works of the US Government are in the public domain.
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