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Healthcare News: NPUAP updates pressure ulcer terminology and stages

Sepsis isn’t the only clinical condition with an updated definition that could impact coding and documentation. A task force of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel recently changed terminology related to pressure ulcers that includes new terms that are not yet part of ICD-10-CM.

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