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Table 2 ICD-10 codes for the complications included in the study

From: Update on the risks of complications after knee arthroscopy

ICD-10 code

Complication (Adverse event, outcome). Specialist in and out-patient care

Complication group

I80

Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis

VTE

I26

Pulmonary embolism

 

M00a

Pyogenic arthritis

Pyogenic arthritis

A41

Other sepsis

Other

L08

Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue

 

T81

Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.0

Bleeding and hematoma as complication due to surgical and medical procedures, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.1

Post procedural shock

 

T81.2

Accidental puncture or damage during surgical and medical procedure, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.3

Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.4

Infection following a procedure

 

T81.5

Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure

 

T81.6

Acute reaction to foreign substance accidentally left during a procedure

 

T81.7

Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.8

Other complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified

 

T81.9

Unspecified complication of procedure

 

Y60

Unintentional cut, puncture, perforation or haemorrhage during surgical and medical care

 

Y61

Foreign object accidentally left in body during surgical and medical care

 

Y69

Unspecified misadventure during surgical and medical care

 

Y79

Orthopaedic devices associated with adverse incidents

 

Deathb

  
  1. aM00 in joints other than the knee were not included
  2. bData on death date were retrieved from the Population Register