A Patient's Pressure Ulcer of the Right Hip Is Covered

Multiple Choice

A patient's pressure ulcer of the right hip is covered by eschar (scar tissue) and the ulcer stage cannot be clinically determined: The coder should assign:

A) L89.200, pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unstageable
B) L89.211, pressure ulcer of right hip, stage 1 (healing pressure ulcer)
C) L89.219, pressure ulcer of right hip, unspecified stage
D) L89.210, pressure ulcer of right hip, unstageable