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Interrupted Time Series Analysis To Evaluate The Performance Of Drug Overdose Morbidity Indicators Shows Discontinuities Across The Icd-9-Cm To Icd-10-Cm Transition, Hannah Yang, Emilia Pasalic, Peter Rock, James W. Davis, Sarah Nechuta, Ying Zhang
Interrupted Time Series Analysis To Evaluate The Performance Of Drug Overdose Morbidity Indicators Shows Discontinuities Across The Icd-9-Cm To Icd-10-Cm Transition, Hannah Yang, Emilia Pasalic, Peter Rock, James W. Davis, Sarah Nechuta, Ying Zhang
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Introduction: On 1 October 2015, the USA transitioned from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM). Considering the major changes to drug overdose coding, we examined how using different approaches to define all-drug overdose and opioid overdose morbidity indicators in ICD-9-CM impacts longitudinal analyses that span the transition, using emergency department (ED) and hospitalisation data from six states’ hospital discharge data systems.
Methods: We calculated monthly all-drug and opioid overdose ED visit rates and hospitalisation rates (per 100 000 population) by state, starting in January 2010. We applied …