AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 2; Ask the Editor
Girdlestone Procedure
This same patient developed another infection after a two-stage revision of an infected total hip prosthesis. At surgery, all components were removed, nothing was replaced and a Girdlestone procedure was carried out for removal of the prosthesis. A cement spacer was not inserted and there were no plans to reimplant a new hip prosthesis. What are the appropriate code assignments?
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