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Q&A: Can a long-standing Stage 4 pressure ulcer be reclassified as a Kennedy terminal ulcer (KTU)?

Question: A resident has had a Stage 4 pressure ulcer for years. The provider is now documenting the wound as skin failure/Kennedy terminal ulcer. Is this appropriate, and should the ulcer no longer be coded...

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