Version 2.78

Status Information

Status
DISCOURAGED
Comment
New guidelines by the NPUAP have updated 'pressure ulcer' to 'pressure injury'
Map-To Long Common Name Mapping Guidance
54946-9 Number of pressure injuries - unstageable due to coverage of wound bed by slough/eschar during assessment period [CMS Assessment] Map to 54946-9 if unstageable due to coverage of wound bed by slough/eschar
54893-3 Number of pressure injuries - unstageable due to non-removable dressing or device during assessment period [CMS Assessment] Map to 54893-3 if unstageable due to non-removable dressing or device
54950-1 Number of pressure injuries - unstageable with suspected deep tissue injury in evolution during assessment period [CMS Assessment] Map to 54950-1 if unstageable due to suspected deep tissue injury in evolution

Term Description

Unstageable - Full thickness tissue loss in which the base of the ulcer is covered by slough (yellow, gray, green, or brown) or eschar (tan, brown, or black) in the wound bed. Include ulcers that are known or likely, but are not stageable due to non-removable dressing, device, cast or suspected deep tissue injury in evolution.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable
Property
Num
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Ord
Method
CARE

Normative Answer List: LL555-4

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Answer Code Score Answer ID
0 ulcers 0 LA9916-3
1 ulcer 1 LA9917-1
2 ulcers 2 LA9918-9
3 ulcers 3 LA9920-5
4 ulcers 4 LA9921-3
5 ulcers 5 LA9922-1
6 ulcers 6 LA9923-9
7 ulcers 7 LA9924-7
8 or more ulcers 8 LA9925-4
UnknownCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:261665006 Unknown (qualifier value) 9 LA4489-6

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.CARE
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.26
Last Updated
Version 2.63

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
52745-7 Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Post Acute Care (PAC) - Discharge
52743-2 Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Acute Care
52748-1 Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Home Health Admission
52746-5 Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Interim
52744-0 Deprecated Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) tool - Post Acute Care (PAC) - Admission

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CodeSystem lookup
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