Using ICD Codes Alone May Misclassify Overdoses Among Perinatal People.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As perinatal drug overdoses continue to rise, reliable approaches are needed to monitor overdose trends during pregnancy and postpartum. This analysis aimed to determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of ICD-9/10-CM codes for drug overdose events among people in the MATernaL and Infant clinical NetworK (MAT-LINK) with medication for opioid use disorder during pregnancy.

Methods

People included in this analysis had electronic health record documentation of medication for opioid use disorder and a known pregnancy outcome from January 1, 2014, through August 31, 2021. Data were analyzed during pregnancy through 1 year postpartum. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's drug overdose case definitions w

SUBMITTER: Board A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897912 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature