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Total knee replacement is a type of total joint arthroplasty. Total joint arthroplasty could refer to any joint replacement.
Joint arthroplasty is also called total Joint replacement
996.4
Total hip arthroplasty (joint replacement).
Robert E. Booth has written: 'Total hip arthroplasty' -- subject(s): Arthroplasty, Hip Prothesis, Hip joint, Surgery, Total hip replacement
The procedure code for a total left knee replacement surgery (arthroplasty) is CPT 27447. Total knee replacement surgery is needed to stop pain; it is most regularly completed on patients with osteoarthritis.
81.54 Total knee replacement
Alternative surgical approaches include replacing the entire shoulder joint with a prosthesis (total shoulder arthroplasty) or replacing the head of the humerus (hemiarthroplasty).
The procedure code for a total knee arthroplasty of medial and lateral compartments with or without resurfacing of the patella is 27447.
ICD 9 code for total knee arthoplasty status post: V43.65
81.52 Partial Hip 81.51 Total Hip
Charles A. Engh has written: 'Biological fixation in total hip arthroplasty' -- subject(s): Total hip replacement