Status Information

Status
DISCOURAGED
Comment
New guidelines by the NPUAP have updated 'pressure ulcer' to 'pressure injury'
Map-ToLong Common NameMapping Guidance
54946-9Number 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
54893-3Number 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
54950-1Number 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.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable:Num:Pt:^Patient:Ord:CARE
Long Common Name
Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable [CARE]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable
    LP75239-1
    • Analyte
      Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable
      LP75239-1
      • Component Numerator
        Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable
        LP75239-1
        • Component Numerator Core
          Number of pressure ulcers at assessment - unstageable
          LP75239-1
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Num
    LP6841-3
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    CARE
    LP68340-6

Normative Answer List: LL555-4

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
0 ulcers0LA9916-3
1 ulcer1LA9917-1
2 ulcers2LA9918-9
3 ulcers3LA9920-5
4 ulcers4LA9921-3
5 ulcers5LA9922-1
6 ulcers6LA9923-9
7 ulcers7LA9924-7
8 or more ulcers8LA9925-4
UnknownCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:261665006 Unknown (qualifier value)9LA4489-6

Basic Attributes

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

Member of these Panels

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

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=52578-2