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CDC on the complexities of using ICD coding to track NAS
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32263
Subject(s) - methadone , buprenorphine , fast track , coding (social sciences) , track (disk drive) , abstinence , medicine , opioid , psychiatry , psychology , computer science , intensive care medicine , sociology , surgery , receptor , operating system , social science
When it comes to neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), there is a clear causal connection to drug use by the mother, but this is difficult to track by epidemiologists who traditionally use International Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnosis codes. These epidemiologists hope to see NAS increasing as more pregnant women without opioid use disorder get treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, but they can't track the extent to which NAS is increased due to treatment.