Evaluation of Administrative Data for Identifying Maternal Opioid Use at Delivery in Florida

© 2023. The Author(s)..

OBJECTIVES: Studies have shown significant increases in the prevalence of maternal opioid use. Most prevalence estimates are based on unverified ICD-10-CM diagnoses. This study determined the accuracy of ICD-10-CM opioid-related diagnosis codes documented during delivery and examined potential associations between maternal/hospital characteristics and diagnosis with an opioid-related code.

METHODS: To identify people with prenatal opioid use, we identified a sample of infants born during 2017-2018 in Florida with a NAS related diagnosis code (P96.1) and confirmatory NAS characteristics (N = 460). Delivery records were scanned for opioid-related diagnoses and prenatal opioid use was confirmed through record review. The accuracy of each opioid-related code was measured using positive predictive value (PPV) and sensitivity. Modified Poisson regression was used to calculate adjusted relative risks (aRR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

RESULTS: We found the PPV was nearly 100% for all ICD-10-CM opioid-related codes (98.5-100%) and the sensitivity was 65.9%. Non-Hispanic Black mothers were 1.8 times more likely than non-Hispanic white mothers to have a missed opioid-related diagnosis at delivery (aRR:1.80, CI 1.14-2.84). Mothers who delivered at a teaching status hospital were less likely to have a missed opioid-related diagnosis (p < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: We observed high accuracy of maternal opioid-related diagnosis codes at delivery. However, our findings suggest that over 30% of mothers with opioid use may not be diagnosed with an opioid-related code at delivery, although their infant had a confirmed NAS diagnosis. This study provides information on the utility and accuracy of ICD-10-CM opioid-related codes at delivery among mothers of infants with NAS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Maternal and child health journal - 27(2023), Suppl 1 vom: 11. Dez., Seite 44-51

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Elmore, Amanda L [VerfasserIn]
Salemi, Jason L [VerfasserIn]
Kirby, Russell S [VerfasserIn]
Sappenfield, William M [VerfasserIn]
Lowry, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Ashley [VerfasserIn]
Lake-Burger, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Tanner, Jean Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Accuracy
Analgesics, Opioid
Journal Article
Maternal
Neonatal abstinence syndrome
Opioid
Sensitivity

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 26.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10995-023-03669-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357024095