Assessing the impact of the new ICD-10-CM coding system on pharmacoepidemiologic studies-An application to the known association between angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angioedema.
Catherine A PanozzoEmily C WelchTiffany S WoodworthTing-Ying HuangQoua L HerJoshua J GagneJenny W SunCatherine RogersTalia J MenzinMax EhrmannKatherine E FreitasNicole R HaugSengwee TohPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2018)
The adjusted HRs across different diagnostic coding eras and the use of SFM versus SBM and FBM produced numerically different but clinically similar results. Additional investigations as ICD-10-CM data accumulate are warranted.