cellulitis

Cellulitis is Inflammation and/or infection of skin and soft tissue.

In order to properly capture the severity of illness of patients with cellulitis, a few key characteristics need to be documented. 

Anatomic Location 
Laterality 
Organism involved



It's also very important to differentiate between just cellulitis or Abcess, which typically means a higher level of severity. It's also important to include description of lymphangitis if present. 


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