Use of Medicare diagnosis and procedure codes to improve detection of surgical site infections following hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and vascular surgery

Authors

Michael S. Calderwood, Harvard University
Allen Ma, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Yosef M. Khan, Ohio State University - Main Campus
Margaret A. Olsen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Dale W. Bratzler, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterFollow
Deborah S. Yokoe, Brigham and Women's Hospital
David C. Hooper, Massachusetts General HospitalFollow
Kurt Stevenson, Ohio State University - Main Campus
Victoria J. Fraser, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisFollow
Richard Platt, Harvard University
Susan S. Huang, University of California - IrvineFollow
CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Publication Date

2012

Volume

33

Issue

1

Inclusive Pages

40-49

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1086/663207

Rights and Permissions

Use of Medicare Diagnosis and Procedure Codes to Improve Detection of Surgical Site Infections following Hip Arthroplasty, Knee Arthroplasty, and Vascular Surgery Michael S. Calderwood, Allen Ma, Yosef M. Khan, Margaret A. Olsen, Dale W. Bratzler, Deborah S. Yokoe, David C. Hooper, Kurt Stevenson, Victoria J. Fraser, Richard Platt and Susan S. Huang Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 40-49 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Article DOI: 10.1086/663207 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663207

Recommended Citation

Calderwood, Michael S.; Ma, Allen; Khan, Yosef M.; Olsen, Margaret A.; Bratzler, Dale W.; Yokoe, Deborah S.; Hooper, David C.; Stevenson, Kurt; Fraser, Victoria J.; Platt, Richard; Huang, Susan S.; and CDC Prevention Epicenters Program, "Use of Medicare diagnosis and procedure codes to improve detection of surgical site infections following hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and vascular surgery." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33, 1. 40-49. (2012).
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