Glossary

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (Version 10) is an internationally accepted system for documenting principal diagnoses and concomitant diseases. German hospitals use the German ICD-10 codes to document to the health insurance providers the diagnoses during the patient's stay in hospital. For example, S72.0 codes for "fracture of neck of femur"

Mechanical complication due to inappropriate contact of implant components and/or bone.

Tibial inserts are part of a knee replacement and are attached to the superior surface of the tibial tray and provide the articulating surface with the femoral component. Acetabular Inserts are part of a hip replacement and are inserted inside of a modular acetabular component.