EIGHT MAJOR RUG-III CLASSIFICATION GROUPS

MAJOR RUG-III GROUP

CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR RUG-III GROUP

Rehabilitation Plus Extensive Services

Residents receiving physical, speech or occupational therapy AND receiving IV feeding or medications, suctioning, tracheostomy care, or ventilator/respirator.

Rehabilitation

Residents receiving physical, speech or occupational therapy.

Extensive Services

Residents receiving complex clinical care or with complex clinical needs such as IV feeding or medications, suctioning, tracheostomy care, ventilator/respirator and comorbidities that make the resident eligible for other RUG categories.

Special Care

Residents receiving complex clinical care or with serious medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, respiratory therapy, ulcers, stage III or IV pressure ulcers, radiation, surgical wounds or open lesions, tube feeding and aphasia, fever with dehydration, pneumonia, vomiting, weight loss or tube feeding.

Clinically Complex

Residents receiving complex clinical care or with conditions requiring skilled nursing management and interventions for conditions and treatments such as burns, coma, septicemia, pneumonia, foot infections or wounds, internal bleeding, dehydration, tube feeding, oxygen, transfusions, hemiplegia, chemotherapy, dialysis, physician visits/order changes.

Impaired Cognition

Residents having cognitive impairment in decision-making, recall and short-term memory. (Score on MDS 2.0 cognitive performance scale >=3).

Behavior Problems

Residents displaying behavior such as wandering, verbally or physically abusive or socially inappropriate, or who experience hallucinations or delusions

Reduced Physical Function

Residents whose needs are primarily for activities of daily living and general supervision.