April 9, 2021

A patient on hospice coming from SNF is admitted to our facility. Discussion with family occurs and it is decided to return the patient to the SNF on hospice. How should the discharge destination be coded, 5 (SNF) or 17 (Hospice)?

For PTOS you should report 17 (Hospice) for discharge destination. We want to capture the level/type of care. You can note “home” in the specify field. Note, the NTDB follows different guidelines in these situations.

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