Development and validation of an electronic health records-based opioid use disorder algorithm by expert clinical adjudication among patients with prescribed opioids.
Shabbar I RanapurwalaIshrat Z AlamBrian W PenceTimothy S CareySean ChristensenMarshall ClarkPaul R ChelminskiLi-Tzy WuLawrence H GreenblattJeffrey E KorteMark WolfsonHeather E DouglasLynn A BowlbyMichael CapataStephen W MarshallPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2022)
This is the first study to estimate the validity of OUD ICD codes and develop validated EHR-based OUD identification algorithms. This work will inform future research on early intervention and prevention of OUD.