OASIS Alert
READER QUESTION ~ Can Multiple Biopsies Change A Stasis Ulcer?
Published on Sat Oct 14, 2006 
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Question: When answering OASIS item M0468 (Does this patient have a stasis ulcer) and other stasis ulcer questions, if a stasis ulcer has had multiple biopsies, is it now a surgical wound?
Answer: No. If the wound started as a stasis ulcer, it remains a stasis ulcer, says senior clinical consultant Judy Adams with Charlotte, NC-based LarsonAllen. A biopsy can be a surgical procedure, but that doesn't make this a surgical wound, she adds.
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