Template:Decubitus Stage Not Indicated Details

Template to make sure extra information is consistent for the Category:Decubitus ulcer diagnoses corresponding to the template name.

Stage Not Indicated

	This instruction is taken from old dx Decubitus (pressure) ulcer, stage not indicated; since we will now have a series of codes for suspected deep tissue injury, we need to change this, but what should be here, and what should move into Template:Decubitus Deep Tissue Damage Details? Ttenbergen 15:29, 30 June 2025 (CDT) This page should remain the same, deep tissue injury is really considered to be a different way to stage/document decubitus ulcers An unstageable ulcer is still used in documentation and grading of decubitus ulcers Lisa Kaita 20:23, 7 October 2025 (CDT) This template had an evil twin "Template:Decubitus Stage not indicated Details" that wasn't actually linked, I cleaned it up and moved this question from that template to here. This template is linked from all unstageable decube pages. I am concerned that the instructions that were brought over might mislead someone to coding a deep tissue injury as "stage not indicated". Possibly all it takes is to remove that, just want to make sure it doesn't need to be replaced with something else. Ttenbergen 01:46, 11 March 2026 (CDT)

content brought from the evil twin template:

Unstageable - the depth is unknown- full thickness tissue loss in which the base of the ulcer is covered in slough and/or eschar
Suspected deep tissue injury- depth unknown- purple or maroon localized area of discolored intact skin or blood-filled blister due to damage of underlying soft tissue.

This code covers two situations:

When the stage presumably is known by somebody, but was recorded and so the data collector doesn't have the stage available to them
When it is "unstageable" from a technical standpoint, i.e. can't see the wound bed.

Other decubitus options for this Stage:

Decubitus Stage Not Indicated codes:
Decubitus (pressure) ulcer, stage not indicated, of heel Decubitus (pressure) ulcer, stage not indicated, of other area Decubitus (pressure) ulcer, stage not indicated, of sacral area