Is this a pressure ulcer or a stasis ulcer?
Stasis ulcers are not staged. In this case, I would put a note in the
medical record under the MDS tab, explaining the coding. This has kept
surveyors from questioning and citing in my neck of the woods.
dawn P
Question for the group, I have a patient that has an ulcer on left
lower leg and the MD has documented that it is a stage II, but it clearly
has necrotic tissue almost throughout the entire ulcer. Would I code
it a stage IV even though the doc says stage II?
