C&P Disfigurement

Disfigurement

8 Characteristics of Disfigurement: a scar five or more inches in length, a scar that is at least one-quarter inch wide at the widest part, with a surface contour of the scar elevated or depressed on palpation, the scar is adherent to underlying tissue, the skin is hypo or hyper-pigmented in an area exceeding six square inches, with abnormal skin texture (irregular, atrophic, shiny, scaly, etc.) in an area exceeding six square inches, underlying soft tissue is missing in an area exceeding six square inches, the skin is indurated and inflexible in an area exceeding six square inches.

1. Burn scars, scars, or other disfigurements of the head, neck, or face.

With one characteristic of disfigurement.

With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of one feature or paired set of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or with two or three characteristics of disfigurement.

With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of two features or paired sets of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or with four or five characteristics of disfigurement.

With visible or palpable tissue loss and either gross distortion or asymmetry of three or more features or paired sets of features (nose, chin, forehead, eyes (including eyelids), ears (auricles), cheeks, lips), or with six or more characteristics of disfigurement.

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