AJRR Releases 2020 Annual Report at 30th AAHKS

The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the cornerstone of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Registry Program, has published its 2020 Annual Report on hip and knee arthroplasty patient outcomes. The Annual Report, which is being released...

Fracture, Trauma Now Part of AAOS Registry

The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) will now include fracture and trauma data in its AAOS Registry Program. Announced on September 28, the new Fracture & Trauma Registry (FTR) will collect data from orthopaedic surgeons on five of the most common...

AJRR Offers Pathway to Advanced Joint Commission Certification

The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) is the sole pathway to achieve The Joint Commission’s registry requirement for Total Hip and Knee Surgery Advanced Certification. Updated in 2020, the AJRR data specifications include data elements for the Advanced...

AJRR Surpasses 2M Procedures

The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Registry Program announced that it surpassed its two millionth hip and knee procedure with the input of data from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. David D. Lewallen, MD,...

AJRR Collecting COVID-19 Data

Effective immediately, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Registry Program is collecting COVID-19 data through the capture of the ICD-10 code for COVID-19 confirmed diagnosis: U07.1. The new code is enabled across each of the AAOS registries,...