Some compound preparations are only coded in a single subparagraph

[sebbacon]

For example, the sub paragraph for Non-Opioid Analgesics And Compound Prep (see 0407010..AA) contains:

• Paracet & Opium_Mix, 0407010H0AAAXAX
• Aspirin/Codeine Phos_Tab Disper 500/8mg, 0407010W0AAADAD
• Paracet/Codeine Phos_Cap 500mg/30mg, 0407010V0AAAAAA
• Co-Proxamol_Tab 32.5mg/325mg, 0407010Q0AAAAAA

In some analyses, this will be lead to under- or over-reporting of opioid analgesics.

Possibly this is only a problem where the section mentions "compound preparations", which would be:

The fix would be to generate a list of generic chemicals for the non-compound subsection, then search for those chemicals in the names of the products in the compound subsection, and create a custom classification of some kind.

Another fix is to add an alert whenever someone does an analysis involving opiates, bronchiodilators and indigestion preparations.

[HelenCEBM]

Thoughts @richiecroker ?

[richiecroker]

need more info!

[HelenCEBM]

I think the problem is that if someone is running an analyse search for, e.g. opioids, they may miss the compound preps that only appear in the non-opioid paragraph. So can we / should we point this out, e.g a pop-up triggered by relevant searches saying something like:

Are you sure you've included everything you wanted? There are more opioids in "Non-Opioid Analgesics And Compound Prep" (see 0407010..AA):

Paracet & Opium_Mix, 0407010H0AAAXAX Aspirin/Codeine Phos_Tab Disper 500/8mg, 0407010W0AAADAD Paracet/Codeine Phos_Cap 500mg/30mg, 0407010V0AAAAAA Co-Proxamol_Tab 32.5mg/325mg, 0407010Q0AAAAAA