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. 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 3.

Codes Used as Supplemental Evidence for Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

ICD-9-CM or CPT-4 procedure codes Antibiotic
Antibiotic aminoglycosides, aztreonam, cephalosporins, cilastatin and imipenem, colistin, daptomycin, doripenem, ertapenem, erythromycin-sulfisoxazole, fluoroquinolones, imipenem-cilastatin, lincosamides, linezolid, loracarbef, meropenem, penicillins, quinupristin-dalfopristin, rifampin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, tigecycline, trimethoprim, and vancomycin
Knee-specific surgical treatment for SSI 27301, 27303, 27310, 27330, 27331, 27334, 27335, 27360, 29870, 29871, 29873, 29875, 29876, 29884, 80.06, 80.16, 80.26
General surgical treatment for SSI 10060, 10061, 10180, 20000, 20005, 20680
Microbiology culture 87040, 87070, 87071, 87073, 87075, 87076, 87077

NOTE. ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification; CPT-4, Current Procedural Terminology, 4th edition.