A patient's pressure ulcer of the right hip is covered by eschar (scar tissue) and the ulcer stage cannot be clinically determined: The coder should assign:
A) L89.200, pressure ulcer of unspecified hip, unstageable
B) L89.211, pressure ulcer of right hip, stage 1 (healing pressure ulcer)
C) L89.219, pressure ulcer of right hip, unspecified stage
D) L89.210, pressure ulcer of right hip, unstageable
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