AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Total Hip Replacement Using Antibiotic Impregnated Cement

After having a total hip replacement, the patient developed an infection and was subsequently admitted to the hospital. The infected hip area was cultured and grew out staphylococcus epidermis. At surgery all components of the total hip prosthesis were removed. The wound was thoroughly debrided and a new total hip prosthesis was implanted using antibiotic impregnated cement. The postoperative course was uneventful. How should this be coded? ...

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