OASIS · CMS Q&As
M2310: CMS OASIS Q&As
1 question CMS has answered, quoted whole from the CMS OASIS Q&As.
M2310. We had a patient who attempted suicide using Coumadin. He was sent to the Emergency Room and then admitted to the hospital. When completing the Transfer OASIS data collection, we reported Response 1 - Improper medication administration, side effects, etc. as a reason for emergent care on M2310 - Reason for Emergent Care. Was Response 1 the correct answer, since it was a deliberate action chosen by the patient?
The appropriate response for M2310 - Emergent Care would be response 1 - Improper medication administration, adverse drug reactions, medication side effects, toxicity, anaphylaxis whenever the patient sought emergent care as a result of improper medication administration, regardless of who (patient, caregiver, or medical staff) administered the medication improperly.
[Q&A EDITED 05/22; EDITED 06/14; ADDED 09/09; M number updated 09/09; Previously CMS OCCB Q&A 10/08 Q11]
Source: CMS OASIS Q&As: Category 4 - OASIS Data Set: Forms and Items (March 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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