ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders provoked by external factors
EH90 — Pressure ulceration
EH90.5 — Pressure ulceration, ungradable
ICD-11 EH90.5 — Pressure ulceration, ungradable
Pressure ulcer with full thickness skin loss in which actual depth of the ulcer is completely obscured by slough (yellow, tan, grey, green or brown) and/or eschar (tan, brown or black) in the wound bed. Until enough slough and/or eschar are removed to expose the base of the wound, it is not possible to determine whether the ulcer is grade 3 or grade 4.
It includes 1 item.
- pressure injury with depth unknown
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.