Palm of hand is used for children the rule of nines is used for adults. Palm of hand for children is 3% approx of their body surface, this is not true nor accurate for adults. The 9 percent is for when the entire surface is burned, if less than say the whole arm is involved you would not have 9 percent surface involvement. Also for only second degree and lower we usually do not append the percent burned code.
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Debra A. Mitchell, MSPH, CPC-H
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Burn TBSA calculation
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