ICD-10 codes used to identify adverse drug events in administrative data: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse drug events, the unintended and harmful effects of medications, are important outcome measures in health services research. Yet no universally accepted set of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) revision 10 codes or coding algorithms exists to ensure their consistent identification in administrative data. Our objective was to synthesize a comprehensive set of ICD-10 codes used to identify adverse drug events.

Methods

We developed a systematic search strategy and applied it to five electronic reference databases. We searched relevant medical journals, conference proceedings, electronic grey literature and bibliographies of relevant studies, and contacted content experts for unpublished studies. One author reviewed the titles and abstracts for inc

SUBMITTER: Hohl CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3994866 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature