Hospice documentation guides

Hospice charting by diagnosis

LCD L34538 eligibility criteria, ADR-defensible charting examples, and the most common documentation mistakes: for each major hospice diagnosis.

All diagnoses require LCD Part II:PPS <70 AND dependence in 2+ ADLs. Diagnosis-specific criteria are additive.

G30.x / G31.x

Dementia (Alzheimer's and Related Disorders)

4 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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I50.x

End-Stage Cardiac Disease (Heart Failure)

6 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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J44.x / J84.x

End-Stage Pulmonary Disease (COPD/ILD)

4 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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C00–C97

End-Stage Cancer

4 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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K74.x / K72.x

End-Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis)

8 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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N18.6

End-Stage Renal Disease (Kidney Failure)

4 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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G12.21

ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

4 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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I69.x / G93.1

Stroke and Coma (Cerebrovascular Disease)

5 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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R64 / R54

General Decline / Debility

5 eligibility criteria · 5 charting tips

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