Optometry/Ophthalmology Coding:
Don’t Forget a Cause Code for Burn Injuries
Published on Thu Jul 02, 2026
Question: I have a report for an encounter with a 12-year-old patient. The patient was making s’mores while camping, held the marshmallow stick above their face, and accidentally dropped the hot stick onto their face. The hot stick struck the right cheek and right eye. The patient suffered a corneal burn of the right eye and a first-degree burn of [...]