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R039
R039 – Major burns
OHIP Integumentary System Surgical Procedures Code — INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES · Schedule of Benefits
For burn care requiring anaesthesiologists' and assistants' services. R039 applies to major burns and lists 8 assistant units and 15 anaesthesia units, with no surgeon fee. A major burn is: a) more than 20% TBSA burn in an adult; b) more than 10% TBSA burn in the young or old; c) more than 5% TBSA full-thickness burn at any age; or d) regardless of TBSA or age: high voltage burn, known inhalation injury, any deep partial and/or full thickness burn to face, eyes, ears, genitalia, hands, feet or joints, or significant associated injuries (e.g. fracture or major trauma). TBSA is calculated using the rule of nines or the Lund-Browder chart. Young is 9 years of age and younger, adult is 10 to 50 years inclusive, and old is 51 years and older.
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