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Pressure ulcer stages
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.12.a.1; I.C.12.a.5; I.C.12.a.7
“Assign as many codes from category L89 as needed to identify all the pressure ulcers the patient has, if applicable.”
“Pressure ulcers described as healing should be assigned the appropriate pressure ulcer stage code based on the documentation in the medical record.”
“For pressure-induced deep tissue damage or deep tissue pressure injury, assign only the appropriate code for pressure-induced deep tissue damage (L89.--6).”
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