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R038
R038 – Moderate burns
OHIP Integumentary System Surgical Procedures Code — INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
Anaesthesia or surgical assistant services for the treatment of moderate burns. The fee is determined by basic units plus time-based units.
The Schedule of Benefits on page defines a moderate burn as:
• 10% to 20% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) burn in an adult (age 10 to 50 inclusive).
• 5% to 10% TBSA burn in the young (age 9 and under) or old (age 51 and over).
• 2% to 5% TBSA full thickness burn at any age.
• Or, regardless of TBSA or age, any of the following:
• high-voltage injury
• suspected inhalation injury
• circumferential burn
• concomitant medical problem predisposing to infection (e.g. diabetes, sickle cell disease)
For burn care requiring anaesthesiologists’ and assistants’ services, the following fee codes apply.
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