ICD-10-CM-Based Definitions for Emergency Department Opioid Poisoning Surveillance: Electronic Health Record Case Confirmation Study.

CONCLUSIONS: The study findings suggest that heroin or other opioid poisoning surveillance definitions that include multiple diagnoses (first-listed and secondary) would identify a high percentage of true-positive cases. PMID: 32040923 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32040923?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Reports - February 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research