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.
MDS, or myelodysplastic syndromes, is a group of bone marrow diseases. Normal bone marrow produces three different cell types that help make up the blood-red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.In MDS the bone marrow is injured, that is, loses its ability to produce normal cells of one or more of these types.ormal bone marrow produces three different cell types that help make up the blood-red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. In MDS the bone marrow is injured, that is, loses its ability to produce normal cells of one or more of these types.