Table 1 Procedures/diagnoses by ICD-9 codes
From: Economic burden of surgical site infections within the episode of care following joint replacement
Total joint replacement procedures | |
 Primary THA |  81.51 |
 Primary TKA |  81.54 |
Surgical Site Infections ICD-9 CM diagnosis code | |
 Infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis |  99666 |
 Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal orthopedic device, implant, and graft |  99667 |
 Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other internal prosthetic device, implant, and graft |  99669 |
 Infected postoperative seroma |  99851 |
 Other postoperative infection |  99859 |