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. 2019 Jan 3;96(1):38–48. doi: 10.1007/s11524-018-00329-x

Table 5.

Diagnosis codes that are more likely during ED/hospital visits of decedents with no opioid prescription history than of decedents with opioid prescription history

ICD-10 code Description Percentage of visits with diagnosis Difference
Any opioid analgesic prescription
Yes No
F1110 Opioid use disorder, uncomplicated 6.4 11.9 5.5***
J45901 Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation 2.2 6.4 4.2***
T401X1A Poisoning by heroin, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter 2.3 6.1 3.8***
R45851 Suicidal ideations 4.4 8.1 3.7***
I469 Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified 1.6 4.4 2.7***
F1210 Cannabis use disorder, uncomplicated 2.6 4.7 2.1**
F259 Schizoaffective disorder, unspecified 0.9 3 2.1***
F209 Schizophrenia, unspecified 0.8 2.3 1.5***
F29 Unspecified psychosis not due to a substance or known physiological condition 0.4 1.9 1.5***
T401X4A Poisoning by heroin, undetermined, initial encounter 1.3 2.8 1.5*
T401X2A Poisoning by heroin, intentional self-harm, initial encounter 1.1 2.5 1.4*
G931 Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified 0.6 1.9 1.3***
I468 Cardiac arrest due to other underlying condition 0.2 1 0.8**

Note. Columns “Yes” and “No” contain the percentage of all visits in each group that carried each ICD-10 code. The p values are Bonferroni-corrected p values calculated using Fisher’s exact test

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001