Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids
Authors: Daniel B. Horton, Theresa Juliano, Matthew T. Taylor, Tobias Gerhard
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters20 August 2019Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed OpioidsDaniel B. Horton, MD, MSCE, Theresa Juliano, BA, Matthew T. Taylor, BA, and Tobias Gerhard, BSPharm, PhDDaniel B. Horton, MD, MSCECenter for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (D.B.H.)Search for more papers by this author, Theresa Juliano, BANational Opinion Research Center at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (T.J.)Search for more papers by this author, Matthew T. Taylor, BASidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (M.T.T.)Search for more papers by this author, and Tobias Gerhard, BSPharm, PhDCenter for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (T.G.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0214 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read Sherry and colleagues' brief research report (1) with interest. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) contains not only diagnostic information from International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes but also clinical details about the reason for the visit. These reasons include various potentially painful conditions and codes for drug abuse and dependence that could also warrant treatment with an opioid (such as methadone). Documented reasons for a visit do not necessarily correspond with listed diagnoses; recorded data in 1 field may relate to omissions in other fields, particularly when the number of entries ...Reference1. Sherry TB, Sabety A, Maestas N. Documented pain diagnoses in adults prescribed opioids: results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2006-2015. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:892-4. [PMID: 30208400]. doi:10.7326/M18-0644 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey (D.B.H.)National Opinion Research Center at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (T.J.)Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (M.T.T.)Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science and Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (T.G.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L19-0214. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDocumented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids: Results From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2006–2015 Tisamarie B. Sherry , Adrienne Sabety , and Nicole Maestas Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids Tisamarie B. Sherry , Adrienne Sabety , and Nicole Maestas Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids John Weiser Metrics 20 August 2019Volume 171, Issue 4Page: 306-307KeywordsDisclosureDrug dependenceDrugsElectronic medical recordsInformation storage and retrievalInternational classification of diseases ninth revisionOpioidsResearch designResearch reporting guidelinesSubstance abuse ePublished: 20 August 2019 Issue Published: 20 August 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...