Total Hip and Knee Revisions are Really Outpatient Procedures? Implications of the Removal From the Inpatient Only List

Total Hip and Knee Revisions are Really Outpatient Procedures? Implications of the Removal From the Inpatient Only List

In 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removed over 200 procedures from the Inpatient Only (IPO) list including revision total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasties (TKA). The purpose of this study is to determine if some revision TKA and THA procedures may be appropriate fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2022-08, Vol.37 (8), p.S732-S737
Hauptverfasser: Sutton, Ryan, Chisari, Emanuele, Scaramella, Amira, Krueger, Chad A., Courtney, P. Maxwell
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Sprache:eng
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complications
health policy
inpatient only list
outpatient
revision total hip arthroplasty
revision total knee arthroplasty
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Zusammenfassung:In 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removed over 200 procedures from the Inpatient Only (IPO) list including revision total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasties (TKA). The purpose of this study is to determine if some revision TKA and THA procedures may be appropriate for outpatient status. We reviewed a consecutive series of 1026 revision THA and TKA patients at our tertiary academic institution from 2015 to 2020. An outpatient procedure was defined as a length of stay of
ISSN:0883-5403
1532-8406
DOI:10.1016/j.arth.2021.12.001