Assessing the accuracy of opioid overdose and poisoning codes in diagnostic information from electronic health records, claims data, and death records.

Carla A GreenNancy A PerrinShannon L JanoffCynthia I CampbellHoward D ChilcoatPaul M Coplan

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2017)

Opioid poisoning codes have a predictive value of 81% to identify opioid overdoses, suggesting ICD opioid poisoning codes can be used to monitor overdose rates and evaluate interventions to reduce overdose. Further research to assess sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive value are ongoing. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
chronic pain
pain management
healthcare
machine learning
big data
artificial intelligence
data analysis