A total of 58 sustained fractures, 53 sustained nerve injuries with weakness, and 6 had arthritis (there was some overlap in the patients with fractures and nerve injuries, which resulted in a total of greater than 84). They completed 4 weeks of physical therapy without the orthosis followed ...
ICD-10 codes have a length of 7 alphanumerical characters. Each one of the positions of the code represents one aspect of the procedure: First = Section (0 = Surgical); Second = Organic system (S= Lower joints); Third = Type of procedure (R = Replacement/G ...
37% after total ankle replacement and for post-traumatic osteoarthritis (ICD-10 M19.17) with a proportion of unplanned reoperations of 16% after ankle arthrodesis vs. 30% after total ankle replacement. Discussion This retrospective analysis on insurance data showed that incidences of unplanned re...