72371-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code72371-8
name
descriptionDescribed as necrotic, sloughing, fibrinous, granulated, intact, approximated, etc. The wound bed appearance may or may not be differentiated from the wound edge, especially if the wound is healing well.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentAppearance
propertyAper  =  Appearance
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemWound.base
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
method

Additional Names

short nameAppear; Appearance; Appr; H+P; H+P.PX; Nominal; P prime; Point in time; Random; Wnd; Wnd base; wound bed

Basic Attributes

classH&P.PX
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationAppearance Wnd

Member of these Panels

89254-7
90982-0Copyright © 1998 National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Used with permission. It is understood that the name of the instrument and the indication that the copyright belongs to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel remain on any copies and that you do

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.42
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names



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