811 coded episodes More than three times as many ADRs to warfarin were found by screening ICD-10 codes as were reported spontaneously using the yellow card scheme Valuable information is being lost to regulatory authorities and as recognised reporters to the yellow card scheme, pharmacists are well...
Indeed, K0 increased from 0.18 to 0.36 for mood disorders when the screen was restricted to patients taking three classes of psychotropic drugs; from 0.25 to 0.46 for reactive airway disease (RAD) when screening criteria required inhaled and systemic corticoids; from 0.31 to 0.43 for Alzheimer’s...
The way the codes are listed or worded can sometimes be confusing because code 69.69 states "other and unspecified radical abdominal hysterectomy". Nevertheless, it is open. This will be clearer in ICD-10.) Patient was admitted for cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation. The patient had east...