The provider's documented diagnostic statement reads: "Pressure ulcer, buttock, previously stage IV, currently healed" should be coded as:
A) L89.300, pressure ulcer of unspecified buttock, unstageable
B) L89.309, pressure ulcer of unspecified buttock, unspecified stage
C) no code is assigned if the documentation states that the pressure ulcer is completely healed
D) L89.304, pressure ulcer of unspecified buttock, stage 4
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