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1.60 Correction 1

Submission body record

Current: Telephone Use

(M0770) Current: Ability to Use Telephone: Ability to answer the phone, dial numbers, and EFFECTIVELY use the telephone to communicate.

0 - Able to dial numbers and answer calls appropriately and as desired.
1 - Able to use a specially adapted telephone (i.e., large numbers on the dial, teletype phone for the deaf) and call essential numbers.
2 - Able to answer the telephone and carry on a normal conversation but has difficulty with placing calls.
3 - Able to answer the telephone only some of the time or is able to carry on only a limited conversation.
4 - UNABLE to answer the telephone at all but can listen if assisted with equipment.
5 - Totally unable to use the telephone.
NA - Patient does not have a telephone.

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664

665

01,03,09

04,05,06,07,08

XX

CODE

00 through 05, NA

Right justified; pad left with zero. Any letters must be upper case.

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