A chemical burn occurs when living tissue is exposed to a corrosive substance or a cytotoxic agent. Chemical burns follow standard burn classification and may cause extensive tissue damage, and the main types of irritant or corrosive products are acids, bases, oxidizers and reducing agents, solvents, and alkylants. Chemical burns can also be caused by biological toxins and by certain cytotoxic chemical weapons, such as vesicants like mustard gas and Lewisite, or urticants like phosgene oxime.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIX: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
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1. Wikipedia: Chemical burn
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A chemical burn occurs when living tissue is exposed to a corrosive substance (such as a strong acid, base or oxidizer) or a cytotoxic agent (such as mustard gas, lewisite or arsine).
Lead section, body-system statement
Chemical burns may: need no source of heat occur immediately on contact not be immediately evident or noticeable be extremely painful diffuse into tissue and damage cellular structures under skin without immediately apparent damage to skin surface Exposure to a toxic substance that is insufficient to cause a chemical burn can still be very serious, and the lack of a noticeable effect from a chemical exposure is not an indication of safety, particularly in the case of chronic exposure.
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
3. Wikidata: Chemical Burn
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Subclass of: occupational disease
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