DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 11 (November)

ICD-10-CM Tip of the week: Use these diagnosis codes for explant, reimplant of hip arthroplasty

Question: Patient had a total hip replacement. The prosthetic hip got infected, and the surgeon removed the hardware. Now that the infection has cleared up, they are going to put in a new hip again. The third surgery is being performed by a different surgeon. Would this be coded as an initial encounter?

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