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Brian is an unfortunate 45-year-old male who developed Guillain-Barre syndrome a little over a year ago. He lost the use of his lower limbs when the disease left him paralyzed from the waist down. He has adapted fairly well and gets around in a wheelchair. He lives at home with his wife and two teenaged daughters. Due to the extensive amount of time he spends in his wheelchair, he developed a decubitus ulcer on his sacrum. It was treated aggressively, with antibiotics, debridement, and the like, but attempts to heal the ulcer have failed. It has progressed to stage 4. The patient is being admitted for skin grafting in the hopes that this will heal the ulcer once and for all.
 
  Fill in the blank with correct word.
   First-listed diagnosis: ________

Question 2

Stage 2 decubitis ulcer of back
 
  Select the correct code for each of the diagnoses:
   a. L89.132.
   b. L89.102.
   c. L89.109.
   d. L89.122.



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Jordin Calloway

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Stage 4 sacral decubitus ulcer  L89.154

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b




Yi-Chen

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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