The nurse is performing an admission assessment on a bedridden patient transferred from an assisted living facility. The nurse notes an area, 10 cm by 12 cm, on the patient’s sacrum that is intact but maroon in color. Which of the following is the most appropriate term for the nurse to use when documenting this finding?
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