Patient data collection requirements vary according to health care setting. A data element you

would expect to be collected in the MDS but NOT in the UHDDS would be
A. personal identification. C. procedures and dates.
B. cognitive patterns. D. principal diagnosis.

B The other answer choices represent items collected on Medicare inpatients according to UHDDS
requirements. Only "cognitive patterns" represents a data item collected more typically in long
term care settings and required in the MDS.