A patient has SIRS caused by an accidental burn from the flames from a single-family house fire. The patient has full-thickness skin loss burns of the legs (11%) with second-degree burns of the trunk (4%).

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- T24.302A for full-thickness skin loss burns of the legs 
- T24.301A for second-degree burns of the trunk 
- T21.20xA for the initial encounter for burn of unspecified degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck 
- R65.10 for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) without acute organ dysfunction 
- T31.11 for deep necrosis of muscle, fascia, and bone 
- X00.0xxA for exposure to flames in a single-family house fire 
- Y92.019 for the place of occurrence of the external cause (home).

A Patient Has SIRS Caused by an Accidental Burn from the Flames