Second, and relatedly, because undiagnosed opioid abusers do not receive any of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for abuse by definition, we expect that some of these patients were actually included in our cohort of comparison patients.
Recurrent events were defined as independent episodes of care involving an urgent/emergent care setting that included a diagnosis code specific for child abuse, a CPT code for a skeletal survey, or a diagnosis code for an injury suspicious for abuse.
To design an diagnosis coding system for pediatric emergency activity.
As mentioned above, our use of both opioid abuse and dependence diagnosis codes is consistent with the NSDUH, which combines prescription pain reliever abuse and dependence [ 5].
Several other studies on opioid abuse have also used both opioid abuse and dependence diagnosis codes [ 7– 9, 15].
In addition, clinical input suggests that opioid abuse and dependence diagnosis codes are often used interchangeably on insurance claims.
They were based on Diagnosis-Related Grouprimary andiagnosis diagnosis codes, or secondary diagnosis codes if the primary code was for MDS.
The covariates inserted in the model were sex, age, the presence of comorbidities correlated with alcohol abuse, the presence of diagnosis codes indicating hepatitis C virus infection, and the Charlson Index.
Cost estimates, however, approximated the excess costs of opioid abuse or dependence as defined using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis codes.
It's her job to translate doctors' scribbles into diagnosis codes.
Patients were selected by epilepsy diagnosis codes and VNS procedure codes.
