Table 1 Distribution of ICD-10-GM codes considered indicative of an adverse drug event (ADE)
Category | Definition | Number of codes | Proportion of all codes |
|---|---|---|---|
A.1 | Caused by a drug | 104 | 20.6% |
A.2 | Caused by a drug or other substance | 78 | 15.4% |
B.1 | Poisoning by drug | 133 | 26.3% |
B.2 | Poisoning by or harmful use of a drug or other substance | 15 | 3.0% |
C | ADE very likely | 30 | 5.9% |
D | ADE likely | 83 | 16.4% |
E | ADE possible | 62 | 12.3% |
Total | 505 | 100.0% |