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 |
