🤔 Question: For percent wound closure at time of discharge, occasionally an actual percentage is not given/known at time of discharge. Currently there is only a "not applicable" as an option. Is it possible to have not/know/not recorded option added here too?

🌱 Answer: No, you should discuss this with your clinical staff and obtain the best estimate for this and have them document this in the record.  If you can't obtain this, you should leave it blank.

🤔 Question: What should be recorded for "percent wound closure" when the patient dies?

🌱 Answer: Record the percent of the wound that was closed when the patient died. For example, if the patient had a 50% burn that was a quarter closed when they died, you would record 25%.

🤔 Question: If our providers do not document percent wound closure in their notes, what would be the appropriate way to report this in the BCQP registry? In the BCQP Case Entry Module the options are to report a percentage or report NA. NA does not seem appropriate since the data dictionary says to report for inhalation injuries only, but there is not an option for reporting not documented or not known/not recorded.

🌱 Answer: For documenting percent wound closure, if it is not documented in the medical record, it is suggested that you talk to your burn team members to get this information. If the data cannot be obtained, you will need to leave this field blank. Note that leaving the field blank will trigger an error message – please disregard the message and save the form.