Patient was helping sell ice cream at a school event. The ice cream was kept in a countertop cooler filled with dry ice. The patient's right arm came in contact with the dry ice and he sustained a 2nd degree burn on the arm. He is being seen by his doctor—this is a subsequent encounter. How is this coded?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Corrosion of 2nd degree of left forearm—T22.612D
Contact with dry ice—W93.01XD
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