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Assessing the impact of the new ICD‐10‐CM coding system on pharmacoepidemiologic studies—An application to the known association between angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors and angioedema
Author(s) -
Panozzo Catherine A.,
Welch Emily C.,
Woodworth Tiffany S.,
Huang TingYing,
Her Qoua L.,
Gagne Joshua J.,
Sun Jenny W.,
Rogers Catherine,
Menzin Talia J.,
Ehrmann Max,
Freitas Katherine E.,
Haug Nicole R.,
Toh Sengwee
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.023
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1099-1557
pISSN - 1053-8569
DOI - 10.1002/pds.4550
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , propensity score matching , angioedema , angiotensin converting enzyme , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , pharmacoepidemiology , cohort , cardiology , medical prescription , pharmacology , blood pressure
Purpose To replicate the well‐established association between angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors versus beta blockers and angioedema in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD‐10‐CM) era. Methods We conducted a retrospective, inception cohort study in a large insurance database formatted to the Sentinel Common Data Model. We defined study periods spanning the ICD‐9‐CM era only, ICD‐10‐CM era only, and ICD‐9‐CM and ICD‐10‐CM era and conducted simple‐forward mapping (SFM), simple‐backward mapping (SBM), and forward‐backward mapping (FBM) referencing the General Equivalence Mappings to translate the outcome (angioedema) and covariates from ICD‐9‐CM to ICD‐10‐CM. We performed propensity score (PS)‐matched and PS‐stratified Cox proportional hazards regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results In the ICD‐9‐CM and ICD‐10‐CM eras spanning April 1 to September 30 of 2015 and 2016, there were 152 017 and 145 232 angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor initiators and 115 073 and 116 652 beta‐blocker initiators, respectively. The PS‐matched HR was 4.19 (95% CI, 2.82‐6.23) in the ICD‐9‐CM era, 4.37 (2.92‐6.52) in the ICD‐10‐CM era using SFM, and 4.64 (3.05‐7.07) in the ICD‐10‐CM era using SBM and FBM. The PS‐matched HRs from the mixed ICD‐9‐CM and ICD‐10‐CM eras ranged from 3.91 (2.69‐5.68) to 4.35 (3.33‐5.70). Conclusion The adjusted HRs across different diagnostic coding eras and the use of SFM versus SBM and FBM produced numerically different but clinically similar results. Additional investigations as ICD‐10‐CM data accumulate are warranted.