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Farah Elsworth: Pressure injury

ENC-00088 · 71F · Hospital Medicine · admitted Sun Nov 01, 2026 03:43 PM · discharged Mon Nov 09, 2026 01:21 PM · attending Dr. Gideon Zeller · resident Dr. Greta Kowalczyk

Specificity gap Criteria met Open

Documented “sacral pressure ulcer” (L89.159); criteria support the more specific Pressure injury of sacral region, stage 4 (L89.154).

Documented vs supported

Documented: “sacral pressure ulcer” · L89.159 Pressure ulcer of sacral region, unspecified stage
Criteria support: Pressure injury of sacral region, stage 4 · L89.154 Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 4
Outcome: Wound nurse documents stage 4, sacral
Rule: Pressure injury stage (sacral region) v2026.11-1
Published source: NPIAP Pressure Injury Stages (revised staging system) (2016), Stage 1-4, unstageable, deep tissue pressure injury definitions · source (checked 2026-11-14)

Effect if the clinician agrees (illustrative)

Change: L89.159 -> L89.154
Secondary-diagnosis level: non-CC → MCC
MS-DRG (illustrative): 378 GI hemorrhage with CC → 377 GI hemorrhage with MCC
Relative weight: 0.9807 → 1.8280 (+0.8473)
Codes before: K92.2, I50.9, D62, L89.159, K21.9, I10
Codes after: K92.2, I50.9, D62, K21.9, I10, L89.154

All open gaps on this encounter together: MS-DRG 378 → 377 (RW +0.8473).

CC/MCC status, CC exclusions (subset) and relative weights from the public CMS FY2026 IPPS final rule tables (5, 6I, 6J, 6K). This is not a grouper and not a payment estimate. Queries never mention any of this.

Severity documentation index change SIMULATED

1.0 points

SIMULATED: Illustrative severity weights (MCC = 1.0, CC = 0.5, non-CC = 0) summed over secondary diagnoses; not a validated risk-adjustment model and not a measured effect.

Evidence

Structured values are read by code from the cited rows. Note facts are shown only when the model's quote was found verbatim in the note.

Evidence (each item cited to a source row or a quoted span)
Input	Value	Source
Stage quoted from the wound-care note	4	“Stage: 4” · Wound care note DOC-000298, p. 1, line 5 · quoted span verified Show the quote in the note WOUND CARE NOTE Patient: Farah Elsworth MRN: MRN89441163 Location: sacrum Stage: 4 (NPIAP) Description: full-thickness tissue loss with palpable bone. Size: 2.5 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm. Plan: offloading every 2 hours, foam dressing, nutrition consult.
Site quoted from the wound-care note	sacral	“Location: sacrum” · Wound care note DOC-000298, p. 1, line 4 · quoted span verified Show the quote in the note WOUND CARE NOTE Patient: Farah Elsworth MRN: MRN89441163 Location: sacrum Stage: 4 (NPIAP) Description: full-thickness tissue loss with palpable bone. Size: 2.5 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm. Plan: offloading every 2 hours, foam dressing, nutrition …

Rule trace (inputs, thresholds, outcome)

Rule trace (rule pressure_injury v2026.11-1; evaluated in order, first true outcome wins; "unknown" = missing input)
Step	Expression	Inputs and thresholds read	Result
derived: sacral	`wound_site == 'sacral'`	wound_site=sacral	true
outcome: no_wound_note	`not present(wound_stage)`	wound_stage=4	false
outcome: other_site	`wound_site != 'sacral'`	wound_site=sacral	false
outcome: stage1	`sacral and wound_stage == '1'`	sacral=True, wound_stage=4	false
outcome: stage2	`sacral and wound_stage == '2'`	sacral=True, wound_stage=4	false
outcome: stage3	`sacral and wound_stage == '3'`	sacral=True, wound_stage=4	false
outcome: stage4	`sacral and wound_stage == '4'`	sacral=True, wound_stage=4	true

Documentation query

Title and question drafted by model clockworks-mock (audit entry #2141); clinical indicators and answer options assembled by code from the rule and the record.

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DOCUMENTATION QUERY (draft)
Title: Clarification request: skin integrity documentation
Encounter: ENC-00088   Patient: Farah Elsworth   To: Dr. Gideon Zeller

Clinical indicators from the health record:
- Documented in the record: "sacral pressure ulcer" [Progress note DOC-000300]
- "Stage: 4" (2026-11-02 22:43) [Wound care note DOC-000298, p. 1, line 5]
- "Location: sacrum" (2026-11-02 22:43) [Wound care note DOC-000298, p. 1, line 4]

Question:
The wound-care documentation above is part of this encounter. Based on your clinical judgement, can a related diagnosis be documented, including site and stage?

Response options (select one or write your own):
( ) Pressure ulcer of sacral region, stage 4
( ) Other (please specify): ____________
( ) Unable to determine

Please respond based on your independent clinical judgement. Any response, including "unable to determine", is acceptable. This query and your response are kept as part of the health record.

Other findings on this encounter

Acute blood loss anaemia · Clinical judgement required Clinical judgement required: Haemoglobin fell 1.4 g/dL without transfusion (between 1 and 2 g/dL).
Heart failure · Specificity gap Documented “heart failure” (I50.9); criteria support the more specific Acute on chronic systolic (HFrEF) heart failure (I50.23).
Acute respiratory failure · Specificity gap Criteria support Acute respiratory failure with hypoxia (J96.01); no corresponding diagnosis is documented.

History

Audit entries for this finding (newest first)
Seq	When (UTC)	Actor	Action	Entities	Decision / reason	Model / hashes
2141	2026-11-14T20:57:24	system:llm system	`llm.call`	ENC-00088, ENC-00088.pressure_injury	—	clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1 prompt 94204f2cd745 output 29146ed5aa61 entry dc61796f2132
1315	2026-11-14T19:24:30	system:llm system	`llm.call`	ENC-00088, ENC-00088.pressure_injury	—	clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1 prompt 94204f2cd745 output 29146ed5aa61 entry 4e45c3955cdb
573	2026-11-14T18:29:05	system:llm system	`llm.call`	ENC-00088, ENC-00088.pressure_injury	—	clockworks-mock mock-1/exactdx.draft_query@1 prompt 94204f2cd745 output 29146ed5aa61 entry b68fd7a39610