I have a doctor who has informed me 'suspected deep tissue injury' is a pressure ulcer stage. I know 'suspected' is not codable, so can someone please help me determine how I should classify this wound? 
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Wiki Deep tissue injury vs pressure ulcer
- Thread starter funsize25
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hewitt
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Hopefully, documentation describes/characterizes the "injury"...right? This is an injury caused by...? Where on the body is this "injury"?