Use Case(s)

A clinician wishes to record a causative agent or contributing factor for the formation and persistence of a wound.

Artifact

Wound type etiology reference set

Purpose

Provide a limited set of values for recording and retrieving a causative agent that contributes to the formation and persistence of a wound

Example of included content

Human bite (morphologic abnormality); Moist skin (finding)

Examples of excluded content (counterexamples)

Humidity (physical force)

Zero or one OR Zero or more

More than one value of this refset can be selected.

Editorial Guidelines

Similar Refsets

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Associated Clinical Quality Measures

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