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 |