EH90.3
category
Pressure ulceration grade 4
Definition
Pressure ulcer with visible or directly palpable muscle, tendon or bone as a result of full thickness loss of skin and subcutaneous tissue. Slough or eschar may be present. The depth varies by anatomical location: grade IV pressure ulcers can be shallow in areas with little or no subcutaneous fat (e.g. bridge of the nose, ear, occiput and malleolus) but are typically deep and often undermine or tunnel into adjacent structures.
Inclusions
- pressure injury stage 4 with full thickness tissue loss
Also indexed as
Pressure ulceration grade 4Pressure ulceration grade 4 of headPressure ulceration grade 4 of heelPressure ulceration grade 4 of iliac crestPressure ulceration grade 4 of ischiumPressure ulceration grade 4 of lower backPressure ulceration grade 4 of lower limbPressure ulceration grade 4 of sacrumPressure ulceration grade 4 of spinous processesPressure ulceration grade 4 of toePressure ulceration grade 4 of trochanterPressure ulceration grade 4 of upper backPressure ulceration grade 4 of upper limbbedsore stage IVpressure injury stage 4pressure injury stage 4 with full thickness tissue losspressure ulcer category 4pressure ulcer with full thickness skin and subcutaneous tissue loss with exposure of deep tissuesstage 4 decubitus ulcerstage 4 decubitus ulcer of headstage 4 decubitus ulcer of heelstage 4 decubitus ulcer of iliac creststage 4 decubitus ulcer of ischiumstage 4 decubitus ulcer of other sites of lower limbstage 4 decubitus ulcer of sacrumstage 4 decubitus ulcer of spinous processesstage 4 decubitus ulcer of trochanterstage 4 decubitus ulcer of upper limbstage 4 pressure ulcerstage IV pressure injury