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🌱 Answer: This will be brought to the Data Definitions Workgroup for discussion.

🤔 Question: A person was using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream and it got on their hand, would this be considered a cold injury or a chemical burn?

🌱 Answer: This should be considered a cold injury. A liquid nitrogen burn, also known as a cryogenic burn, is a skin injury caused by exposure to extreme cold. The liquid inside skin cells freezes when exposed to liquid nitrogen, damaging the cells and making it difficult for them to return to normal.

Non-Burn Injury

🤔 Question: Are Road Rash Injuries being reinstated as burn injuries?

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