Table 3.

Possible Modifications to CMS Criteria for Planned Readmission.

Suggested additions to list of potentially planned neurological and neurosurgical procedures

Neurosurgical incision and excision

Procedures of vessels of head and neck other than endarterectomy

Immunotherapy including plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin

Suggested deletions from list of acute neurological and neurosurgical discharge diagnoses

Epilepsy; convulsions

Acute cerebrovascular disease

Transient cerebral ischemia

Abbreviation: CMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.