No, the RAI manual of January 2003 states on page 3-159 "Rashes without open areas, burns, desensitized skin and surgical wounds are NOT coded here, but are included in Item M4."  This was not changed in the August updates.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: surgical wound

Refresh my memory Please: in October, were we coding a surgical wound in section M1 if a full thickness wound?

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