revision total hip arthroplastytotal joint replacementBackground ICD-10 was adopted by the United States on October 1st, 2015 and expanded coding from 3,800 codes with ICD-9-PCS to 73,000. The increase in number of codes was designed to create more accurate representations of procedures like ...
This 83-year-old patient presented to my office this morning complaining of knee pain and wanting to see an orthopedic surgeon for a knee replacement. My first impression of the patient was that he appeared lethargic and extremely tired-looking. Upon questioning, he stated that he was far ...
An articulating spacer loaded with antibiotics was placed in the hip joint after removing the infected prosthesis. What root operation is used for the placement of the articulating spacer? Insertion The patient had a bilateral knee replacement, unicompartmental on the metal side, placed with cement....
Also, from studies regarding other medical conditions such as periprosthetic joint infection it is known, that the concomitant diagnosis of depression leads to an increased risk of infection after joint replacement and is associated with worse clinical outcomes [22]. Further, in a recent study ...
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Methods Diverse patient cohorts (rheumatoid arthritis, hip/knee replacement, lumbar spine surgery, acute myocardial infarction [AMI], stroke, pneumonia) in the IBM MarketScan Research Databases were linked with the IBM MarketScan Mortality file. Predictive performance was measured using c﹕tatistics for...
in 2015. Proponents of the ICD-10-PCS have stated that its granularity allows for a more accurate representation of the types of procedures performed by including laterality, joint designation, and more detailed procedural data. However, other researchers have expressed concern that the increased ...