BURNS (940-949)
Includes:
burns from:
electrical heating appliance
electricity
flame
hot object
lightning
radiation
chemical burns (external) (internal)
scalds
Excludes:
friction burns (910-919) with .0, .1)
sunburn (692.71, 692.76-692.77)
946 Burns of multiple specified sites
Includes:
burns of sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 940-945
Excludes:
multiple burns NOS (949.0-949.5)
946.0: Unspecified degree
946.1: Erythema [first degree]
946.2: Blisters, epidermal loss [second degree]
946.3: Full-thickness skin loss [third degree NOS]
946.4: Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] without mention of loss of a body part
946.5: Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part
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