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🌱 Answer: There are certain data points that do have a Not Know/Not Recorded option. For those that don't, leave them blank.
🤔 Question: Patients are sometimes admitted for burn scar management. Should these be classified as burn patients or non-burn patients? Additionally, should LTO data be collected for these cases?
🌱 Answer: Patients should not be added to the Burn Registry for burn scar management as an initial admission. If they had been added for treatment of their acute burn wound, then they can be added as a Related Admission. This is being clarified in the 2025 Data Dictionary. “If the initial admission is for reconstructive treatment of an already healed acute burn or non-burn injury, these patients should not be included in the ABA registry.”