MDS Alert

Coding Quizzer:

Section M1

How would you code the following example in Section M1 (ulcers)?

Mrs. L has end-stage metastatic cancer and weighs 75 pounds. She has a Stage 3 pressure ulcer over her sacrum and two Stage 1 pressure ulcers over her heels. 

Answer:                 a.     b.     c.     d.

Stage                     1      2      3      4

Code                      2      0      1      0

Source: RAI manual (May 2005 version).

Other Articles in this issue of

MDS Alert

View All