Attachment_A_OASIS_E2_Change_Table 508

Home Health – Change Table for OASIS-E2 (OASIS effective date 4/1/2026)
List of Abbreviations

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DAH

Death at home

IRF-PAI

Inpatient Rehabilitation
Facility-Patient Assessment
Instrument

OMH

Office of Minority
Health

TRN

Transfer to an
Inpatient Facility

DC

Discharge from
Agency

LCDS

Long-term Care Data Set

QM

Quality Measure

(v)

Voluntary

FU

Follow-up

MDS

Minimum Data Set

ROC

HH

Home Health

OASIS

Outcome and Assessment
Information Set

SOC

Resumption of
Care
Start of Care

Time
points
SOC
ROC

SOC
ROC
DC

Item
A1255
Transportation

A1250
Transportation

Dash
(Y/N)
Y

N

OASIS-E1 Effective January 1, 2025
A 1 2 5 5 . Transportation
In the past 12 months, has lack of reliable
transportation kept you from medical
appointments, meetings, work or from getting
things needed for daily living?
0. Yes
1. No
7. Patient declines to respond
8. Patient unable to respond
A1250. Transportation
Has lack of transportation kept you from medical
appointments, meetings, work, or from
getting things needed for daily living?
↓ Check all that apply
A. Yes, it has kept me from medical appointments
or from getting my medications
B. Yes, it has kept me from non-medical
meetings, appointments, work, or from
getting things that I need
C. No
X. Patient unable to respond
Y. Patient declines to respond

OASIS-E2 Effective April 1, 2026 (Note:
modifications highlighted in yellow)
Item added

Comment - Rationale
The A1250 Transportation item will be
removed, and a revised item will be
added in Section A, Administrative to
align with the Transportation item
collected in other CMS programs.
1 DE added to SOC and ROC timepoints.

Item removed (modified under item A1255)

The A1250 Transportation item will be
removed, and a revised item will be
added to Section A, Administrative to
align with the Transportation item
collected in other CMS programs.
1 DE removed from SOC, ROC, DC
timepoints

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Time
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Item

Home Health – Change Table for OASIS-E2 (OASIS effective date 4/1/2026)
Dash
(Y/N)

OASIS-E1 Effective January 1, 2025

OASIS-E2 Effective April 1, 2026 (Note:
modifications highlighted in yellow)

B0200. Hearing
Ability to hear (with hearing aid or hearing
appliances if normally used)
0. Adequate – no difficulty in normal conversation,
social interaction, listening to TV
1. Minimal difficulty – difficulty in some
environments (e.g., when person speaks
softly, or setting is noisy)
2. Moderate difficulty – speaker has to increase
volume and speak distinctly
3. Highly impaired – absence of useful hearing

Item added to ROC timepoint

B1000. Vision
Ability to see in adequate light (with glasses or
other visual appliances)
0. Adequate – sees fine detail, such as regular print
in newspapers/books
1. Impaired – sees large print, but not regular print
in newspapers/books
2. Moderately impaired – limited vision; not able to
see newspaper headlines but can identify
objects
3. Highly impaired – object identification in
question, but eyes appear to follow objects
4. Severely impaired – no vision or sees only light,
colors, or shapes; eyes do not appear to
follow objects

Item added to ROC timepoint

Comment - Rationale

SOC
ROC

B0200 Hearing

SOC
ROC

B1000 Vision

5

SOC

M0069 Gender,
A0810 Sex

N

M0069. Gender
1. Male
2. Female

M0069 item removed. A0810 item added.
A0810. Sex
1. Male
2. Female

In OASIS-E2, A0810 Sex is replacing
M0069 Gender item at SOC. No change in
number of DE.

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TRN
DAH
DC

O0350 Patient's
COVID-19
vaccination is up
to date

Y

O0350. Patient's COVID-19 vaccination is up to
date
0. No, patient is not up to date
1. Yes, patient is up to date

Item removed

In OASIS-E2, the O0350 Patient's COVID19 vaccination is up to date item will be
removed.

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Y

Y

1 DE added to ROC timepoint
This information can be used for riskadjustment of quality measures and must
be available at the start of the quality
episode (SOC/ROC).

1 DE added to ROC timepoint
This information can be used for riskadjustment of quality measures and must
be available at the start of the quality
episode (SOC/ROC).

1 DE removed from TRN, DAH, DC
timepoints.

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ROC

Item

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A1110 Language

Dash
(Y/N)
Y

OASIS-E1 Effective January 1, 2025

OASIS-E2 Effective April 1, 2026 (Note:
modifications highlighted in yellow)

A1110. Language
A. What is your preferred language? (15 boxes)
B. Do you need or want an interpreter to
communicate with a doctor or health care
staff?
0. No
1. Yes
9. Unable to determine

Item added to ROC timepoint

Comment - Rationale
1 DE added to ROC timepoint
This information can be used for riskadjustment of quality measures and must
be available at the start of the quality
episode (SOC/ROC).

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