![]() If you can't find the Water Jel, at least get some 100% real aloe vera gel to coat the burn (you might have to look at a health food store for the 100% stuff). I *think* it is aloe vera based, but then they add lidocaine for pain relief, along with tea tree oil and I'm not sure what else. ![]() Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T23.301 - other international versions of ICD-10 T23.301 may differ. You can barely tell there is a scar there and it's only been a couple of months.Įver since that first bad burn, I always keep a bottle of Water Jel on hand just in case. The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM T23.301 became effective on October 1, 2022. A third-degree burn damages the outer layer of skin. I continued to use the Water Jel every day until the burn healed. A burn is damage to tissues of the body caused by contact with things such as heat, radiation, or chemicals. It did help with the pain, though this burn was much worse and I wasn't able to soak for as long, so it didn't provide as much relief as before. They damage the top two layers of skin but may also damage the bones and tendons and can affect nerve endings. I slathered on a ton of the gel before loosely wrapping in dry gauze and going to bed. Not only was there no pain the next day, but there was no redness or anything to indicate I had been burned.Īfter the oven rack burn I used the same method with the Water Jel, but I was only able to keep it in water for about an hour since it was midnight when I burned it. I kept my hand in water continuously for about 5 hours that night, changing the water when it was no longer cool. I was then instructed to keep my hand in a bowl/bucket of clean cool water for as many hours as I could to help "pull" the heat out of the burn. You can have more than one type of burn at a time. Second-degree burns on the hands, feet, face, groin, buttocks, or over a major joint. The EMTs lathered my hand in Water Jel and then wrapped it LOOSELY in gauze. Second-degree burns more than 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 centimeters) wide. I once burned my hand with freshly brewed coffee at the park. The paramedics at the amusement park I used to work at recommended it. I highly suggest calling the area drugstores to see if anyone carries a product called Water Jel or Burn Jel. The skin basically sizzled off immediately and was extremely painful. Any third-degree burn, which looks dark red, dry and leathery Burns to the face, feet, hands, genitalia, or major joints Uncontrollable pain. I burned the back of my ring finger on the oven rack a few months ago-400 degree oven burns through skin quickly.
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