It becomes a surgical wound.
Brenda W. Chance, RN,
RAC-C
MDS Coordinator
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From: suzanne golightly
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Sent: Friday, January 16,
2004 1:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Surgical closure of an
ulcer
My question relates to staging a pressure area if it
has been surgically closed with a flap, and the resident has an insicion
line. Is the area now a surgical area? Or should we still code it
as a staged pressure area? If you would still stage it, what stage would
it be? How would we reverse code it as the area heals?
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