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8.15.2014 Plan All-Cause Readmissions In the step 5 examples, how do you determine if an acute inpatient stay is excluded? In example 2, why is Stay 1 not excluded?

To determine if a stay should be excluded, identify the index hospitalization and the FIRST readmission (if there is one). If the FIRST readmission was planned for, drop the index.

So, for example 2:

Stay 1. Index hospitalization with unplanned readmission (stay 2): Include as index.
Stay 2. Index hospitalization with planned readmission (stay 3): Drop as index.
Stay 3. Index hospitalization with planned readmission (stay 4): Drop as index.
Stay 4. Index hospitalization with no readmission: Include as index.

Stay 1 is the index. Stay 2 is the first readmission to assess, but because it does not meet criteria for a “planned hospital stay,” stay 1 is not excluded.

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