At a special angle known as Brewster's angle, no p-polarized light is reflected from the surface, thus all reflected light must be s-polarized, with an electric field perpendicular to the plane of incidence. A simple linear polarizer can be made by tilting a stack of glass plates at Brewster's angle to the beam.
In this particular instance, we would start off by measuring the wound in the length dimension. Where there is the maximum length of this wound of approximately 5.7 centimeters. The width would then be measured at its maximum point of width which is 2.5 centimeters. The depth we then would determine by probing the wound with our cotton-tipped applicator using the cotton end.
For the purposes of CPT code selection and units, the wound measurements used are the amount debrided, not the total wound size, before or after debridement. Selecting CPT codes and units based on total wound size may result in incorrect coding and reimbursement.