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Hi guys | |||
*Besides the 4 stages of pressure ulcer which we are collecting there is another category we are going to add: Unstageable pressure injury - Obscured full-thickness skin and tissue loss. | |||
**Full thickness tissue loss in which actual depth of the ulcer is completely obscured by slough (yellow, tan, gray, green or brown) and/or eschar (tan, brown or black) in the wound bed. Until enough slough and/or eschar is removed to expose the base of the wound, the true depth, and therefore stage, cannot be determined. Stable (dry, adherent, intact without erythema or fluctuance) eschar on the heels is normally protective and should not be removed.This is apparently worse than stage 4. | |||
*Question: | |||
**do you see this charted? If you so see it charted how do you code? [[User:TOstryzniuk|Trish Ostryzniuk]] 17:06, 2017 August 21 (CDT) | |||
{{DX tag | Dermatological Non-Infectious | Medical Problem | Ulcers - Decubitus only | ULCERS - DECUBITUS only | | {{DX tag | Dermatological Non-Infectious | Medical Problem | Ulcers - Decubitus only | ULCERS - DECUBITUS only | | ||
*[[94500 - Ulcers - Decubitus only]] | *[[94500 - Ulcers - Decubitus only]] | ||