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Table 4 10 Most impacting DRGs on the total expenditure (2014)

From: Prevalence and burden of orthopaedic implantable-device infections in Italy: a hospital-based national study

DRG cod.

DRG description

Procedure

N.

%

Cumulative %

545

Hip or knee replacement, revision

S (Surgical)

1661

31.9

31.9

249

Rehabilitation assistance for diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

M (medical)

1057

20.3

52.1

538

Local excision and removal of internal fixation means except hip and femur without Complications and comorbidities (CC)

S

965

18.0

70.6

217

Wound debridement and cutaneous transplant except hand, for diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

S

342

6.6

77.2

211

Hip and femur surgery, except for major joints, age > 17 without CC

S

217

4.2

81.4

210

Hip and femur surgery, except for major joints, age > 17 with CC

S

179

3.4

84.8

230

Local excision and removal of intramedullary pinning of hip and femur

S

156

3.0

87.8

537

Local excision and removal of intramedullary pinning except hip and femur with CC

S

152

2.9

90.7

544

Major joints replacement or lower limbs reimplantation

S

90

1.7

92.4

502

Knee surgery reporting infection as a major diagnosis without CC

S

82

1.6

94.0