Thank you for your question. For STK 10, the numerator is specifically looking for patients thats have a principal diagnosis of ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. If patients do not have those diagnosis, then they will not be in the initial population. That being said, for the patients that have these diagnosis, there needs to be documentation of rehabilitation services during their inpatient encounter while at the hospital. If those services are not provided then they will fall out of the numerator.

Does every stroke and TIA patient need to be assessed for rehab? What about patients who have no deficits and are at baseline, do they need to be assessed? If the patient stays for less than 24 hours before the Rehab is able to be assessed, is the case excluded or does the case become non-compliant? Is there anything that could be documented for this example to make the case compliant?