Assignment of the pressure ulcer stage code should be. guided by clinical documentation. of the stage or. documentation of the terms found in the. Alphabetic. Index. For clinical terms describing the stage that are not. found in the Alphabetic Index, and there is no.
The World Health Organization (WHO) developed a classification system for MDS to standardize the definitions of the different subtypes. The 7 subtypes of MDS in this system include: Refractory anemia (RA). The primary sign of RA is anemia. White blood cell counts and platelet counts are healthy.
-2-. Resource Utilization Groups (RUGs) RUGs are mutually exclusive categories that reflect. levels of resource need in long-term care settings, primarily to facilitate Medicare and Medicaid payment. They are assigned to individuals based on data elements. derived from the LTC Minimum Data Set (MDS) There is a standard order, or hierarchy, and each RUG.