NRH’s wound management programs
are designed for patients whose disruptions in the
skin require skilled nursing treatments that cannot
be delivered effectively in the home. Typical
conditions for patients in this program include
decubitus ulcer, post-op wound repair, non-healing
surgical wounds, burns and other results of injury or
illness.

Program Goal

NRH seeks to promote wound
healing while maintaining a patient’s functional
ability or potential.

Partial Listing of Program
Services

Skin/wound care by
multi-disciplinary team, including physicians, nurse,
physical therapists, and an infection control
specialist. Other program services include:

• Enteral therapy
• Nutritional therapy
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Therapeutic recreation
• Case management

Appropriate DRGs
for Acute and Sub-acute Level Patients

• 217 Wound
  debridement and skin graft (except hand)
• 263/264 Skin
  graft and/or debridement for ulcer and cellulitis
• 280/281 Trauma
  to skin and subcutaneous tissue
• 287 Skin graft
  and wound debridement for endocrine disease
• 439 Skin graft
  for injury
• 271 Skin ulcers
• 277/278
  Cellulitis
• 440 Wound
  debridement for injury
• 472 Extensive
  burns with O.R. procedure
• 459
  Non-extensive burns with wound debridement