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    <periodOfReport>2022-02-24</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Encompass Health Corp</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EHC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>COLTHARP DOUGLAS E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2736 ABINGDON ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MOUNTAIN BROOK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>35243</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2022-02-24</value>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2022-02-25</value>
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                <value>Encompass Health Common Stock</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By irrevocable trust for the benefit of children</value>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares were withheld or surrendered to pay the insider's tax withholding obligations incurred in connection with the vesting of the related restricted stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Annual award of restricted stock pursuant to the Corporation's 2016 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This issuance of restricted stock is the result of the satisfaction of certain performance criteria set out in the terms of a performance share unit award made on February 20, 2020.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Douglas E. Coltharp</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
