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Coding Quizzer:

Coding Wounds That Don't Fit M1

How would you code the following example?

Mr. Alaska has five open wounds as a result of frostbite that are not pressure or venous stasis ulcers. Upon examination, these wounds do not meet the criteria provided in Item M1 (ulcers) coding definitions.

Answer: Items M1, Ulcers
 
       Stage     Code
a.        1           0
b.        2           0
c.        3           0
d.        4           0

Source: Revised RAI manual (June 15, 2005), p. 3-161.

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