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*MEDICATION*: Codeine for analgesia #289

Closed chrisjwood16 closed 5 months ago

chrisjwood16 commented 5 months ago

User requirements

A codelist is needed for codeine for analgesia (excludes cough suppression) - this is for a project looking at opioid prescribing for patients on hospital waiting lists.

Sensitivity versus specificity

Only codeine or codeine containing combination products

Relevant definitions or links to important reference sources

No response

Coding system

dm+d

Existing relevant codelists

Nil

Search terms / synonyms / search strategy

Codeine

Inclusion criteria for codes

Codeine containing products

Exclusion criteria for codes

Products listed under BNF Chapter 01: Gastro-Intestinal System Products listed under BNF Chapter 03: Respiratory System Products containing dihydrocodeine (not codeine)

Borderline cases

No response

Final codelist

No response

chrisjwood16 commented 5 months ago

Draft codelist created by @alschaffer: https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/user/anschaf/codeine-for-pain/3798da85/

chrisjwood16 commented 5 months ago

@alschaffer This codelist includes codes for dihydrocodeine combination products but not dihydrocodeine alone. Should remove co-dydramol products from this list (or if intentional update inclusion/exclusion above accordingly). image

alschaffer commented 5 months ago

Thanks, you're right, that is an error. I will take it out. updated version: https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/user/anschaf/codeine-for-pain/5b69e495/

alschaffer commented 5 months ago

(Although I'm now using the weak opioid codelist instead of codeine-specific codelist so this one is less important.)

chrisjwood16 commented 5 months ago

@alschaffer - happy to now approve this as accurate. Please can you add metadata/sign off info and publish (if needed).

alschaffer commented 5 months ago

Done