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.
For a diagnosis of MDS, a patient must have less than 20% blasts in the bone marrow. A patient who has more than 20% blasts in the bone marrow is considered to have acute leukemia. Different types of tests that are done on the bone marrow help the doctor diagnose MDS:hese tests are used first for diagnosis and classification and may be repeated later to tell if the MDS is responding to therapy or is transforming into an acute leukemia. For a bone marrow aspiration, you lie on a table (either on your side or on your belly).