If you don’t know whether it’s
open or not, I would try to examine it before I coded it in this section as an
open lesion. For it to be coded an open lesion, the manual states it must be “
a local loss of epidermis and variable levels of dermis and subcutaneous
tissue. This open sore may develop because of injury or in association with
other diseases such as syphilis.
Brenda W. Chance, RN,
RAC-C
MDS Coordinator
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-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Settle
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003
1:13 PM
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Subject: RE: cancer lesion
The MDS itself gives
"cancer lesion" as an example for M4c, so that's where I'd code it.
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MDSNancy
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003
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Subject: cancer lesion
I have a resident with cancer lesion of the hard
palate. Do I count this in M4c? It's there, but I don't know
if it's an "open" lesion.
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