Am i reaching?? wound
Hi,
Patient who had low anterior resection (3/12) month ago comes back and needs to have mesh from abdominal hernia repair(2009) and when infected mesh is removed in the OR they have wound vac put on...Is it reasonable or unreasonable to ask clarification or:
Removal of infected mesh with non-healing surgical wound
removal of infected mesh without non-healing surgical wound
other_________
unable to determine
___ My thought process was the infected mesh from the first surgery 3 years ago is interfering with the healing of a current surgical wound...necesitating the wound vac?
I feel torn if this makes sense.
Thanks,
Ann
Patient who had low anterior resection (3/12) month ago comes back and needs to have mesh from abdominal hernia repair(2009) and when infected mesh is removed in the OR they have wound vac put on...Is it reasonable or unreasonable to ask clarification or:
Removal of infected mesh with non-healing surgical wound
removal of infected mesh without non-healing surgical wound
other_________
unable to determine
___ My thought process was the infected mesh from the first surgery 3 years ago is interfering with the healing of a current surgical wound...necesitating the wound vac?
I feel torn if this makes sense.
Thanks,
Ann
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Hopefully you will get an answer.
Mark N. Dominesey, RN, BSN, MBA, CCDS
Sr. Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
Sibley Memorial Hospital
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