Wiki pressure ulcer or wound injury

[20Hiker16]

Facility Coding: The physician documents pressure ulcer caused by a body brace being used for a vertebral fracture.

Is this truly a pressure ulcer or an injury caused by a device??? How do you code?

Thank you.

 

[mitchellde]

Sounds like a pressure ulcer to me.

 

[JMarieBrandt]

I see this in home health coding all day. Def sounds like a pressure ulcer.

 

[20Hiker16]

Thank you.