Identification of prosthetic hip and knee joint infections using administrative databases-A validation study.
Christopher E KandelRichard JenkinsonJessica WiddifieldBettina E HansenJ Roderick DaveyMatthew P MullerNick DanemanAllison McGeerPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Compared to PJI diagnosis codes, combinations of diagnosis and procedure codes improve the detection of a PJI in administrative databases.