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Wiki Integumentary section

Someone help me to find the ans I'm really confused. A 15-year-old boy was burned in a fire and assessed to have received burns to 75 percent of his total body surface area. He was transferred to a burn center for definitive treatment. Once stable, he was brought to the OR. Procedure: Due to...
- ShinaSharma
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- Aug 8, 2022
- burn care integumentary
- Replies: 1
- Forum: General Surgery
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Wiki coding Burns ICD-10 Dx difference between reg burn and corrosion burn

Hello I am interested if anyone has documentation for the specific burns: specifically one of the topics was about coding burns and I am interested if you considered “oil” burns to be regular burn or chemical…ie Examples: Restaurant worker and oil vat explodes or they spill oil when...
- Dparchen123
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- Aug 22, 2016
- burn care burn dx burn icd-10
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki CPT Burn Care 2nd degree local?

Hi all, Wondering if folks have thoughts about which burn care to use when the provider treats a 2nd degree burn with only local treatment (i.e. silvadene applied). 16000 specifies in the CPT that it's for 1st degree; when only local treatment is required, whereas 16020 specifies that the...
- spstarke
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- Sep 29, 2010
- 16000 16020 2nd degree burn burn care
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- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion

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