. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35(Suppl 3):S124–S132. doi: 10.1086/677830

Table 2.

Codes Used to Identify Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

	ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes
Knee-specific infection codes to identify SSI
Septic arthritis	711.06, 711.96
Other infection to lower leg or joint prosthesis	711.66, 730.06, 730.16, 730.26, 730.96, 996.66, 996.67
General infection codes to identify SSI
Postoperative infection	998.5–998.59
Infective myositis	728.0

NOTE. ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification.