Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) is a standard and effective treatment to correct stiffness and improve range of motion (ROM) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Delayed MUA has been associated with increased rates of revision surgeries and infections. Early MUA has been shown to double ...
Background: Advancements in oncologic care have increased the longevity of patients who have multiple myeloma, although outcomes beyond the early postoperative period following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remain unknown. This study investigated the influence of preoperati...
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology ECI: Elixhauser comorbidity index FCI: Functional comorbidity index ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision IRB: Institutional Review Board PHD: Premier Healthcare Database SD: Standard deviation TKA: Total knee arthroplasty VRAS: VE...
For example, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) (CPT 27447) was removed from the IPO list in 2018 and added to the ASC CPL in 2020. In contrast, THA is now being considered for the ASC CPL only one year after being removed from the IPO list and added to the HOPD list (in 2019). ...
CPT: Current Procedural Terminology References Hussein IH, Zalikha AK, Tuluca A, et al. Epidemiology of obese patients undergoing revision total knee arthroplasty: understanding demographics, comorbidities, and propensity weighted analysis of inpatient outcomes. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 202...
Economic impact of venous thromboembolism after hip and knee arthroplasty: potential impact of rivaroxaban. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2011;11(3):299-306. doi:10.1586/erp.11.15PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 6. Fisher WD. Impact of venous thromboembolism on clinical management and ...
28, 33, 41 Despite the risk of prosthetic loosening being present, unlike other load joints, such as the hip or knee, the aetiology of tibiotalar osteoarthritis is related to a background of trauma or chronic instability. This implies a younger mean age, patients of working age, with ...
Given the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and the expected increase in total joint replacement procedures, we sought to examine whether cardiovascular disease was associated with increased postoperative complications in patients undergoing total hip and knee replacements.Methods:CPT codes were used to ...
Methods: Patients in the ACS NSQIP (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program) database who had undergone total or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty from 2005 to 2011 were identified. CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes were used to select cases of elective ...
Conclusions An algorithm consisting of an ICD-9 or ICD-10 PJI diagnosis following a TKA code combined with CPT codes for a knee X-ray and either a relevant surgical procedure or microbiologic culture yielded a PPV of 75.0% (ICD-9) and 85.0% (ICD-10), for confirmed PJI events and could...