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Questionnaire: Monk Skin Tone Capture Form
| Official URL: https://opennursingcoreig.com/Questionnaire/onc-monk-skintone-questionnaire | Version: 1.0.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-07-11 | Computable Name: ONCMonkSkinToneQuestionnaire | |||
SDC questionnaire capturing the patient's skin tone on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale (A–J). Extracts to an Observation conforming to ONCMonkSkinToneObservation. This record is the required input to the IG's equity fairness gate for wound and pressure-area assessment.
Structure
| LinkID | Text | Cardinality | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  ONCMonkSkinToneQuestionnaire | SDC questionnaire capturing the patient's skin tone on the 10-point Monk Skin Tone Scale (A–J). Extracts to an Observation conforming to ONCMonkSkinToneObservation. This record is the required input to the IG's equity fairness gate for wound and pressure-area assessment. | Questionnaire | https://opennursingcoreig.com/Questionnaire/onc-monk-skintone-questionnaire#1.0.0 | |
  mst-intro | Record the skin tone that best matches the patient, assessed with the patient's involvement in good lighting. Accurate skin tone recording is a patient-safety requirement: pressure damage, cyanosis, pallor and erythema present differently across skin tones. | 0..1 | display | Value Set: |
  mst-score | Monk Skin Tone Scale rating | 1..1 | choice | Value Set: Options: 10 options |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Options Sets
Answer options for mst-score
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#A ("Light Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#B ("Light-Medium Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#C ("Medium Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#D ("Medium-Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#E ("Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#F ("Deep Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#G ("Very Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#H ("Deepest Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#I ("Ultra Dark Skin")
- https://opennursingcoreig.com/CodeSystem/onc-monk-scale#J ("Black Skin")