Strong Opioids - dmd

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Codelist metadata

Coding system

Dictionary of Medicines and Devices

Coding system release

2024 2.0.0

Organisation

OpenSAFELY

Codelist ID

opensafely/strongopioidsCW-dmd

Version ID

28e2efe5

Versions

  1. 28e2efe5 Created: 06 Feb 2024 at 11:12

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Description

User requirements

A codelist is needed of all strong opioids used for analgesia (any route) excluding cough suppression, motility, general anaesthesia, opiate use disorder - this is for a project looking at opioid prescribing for patients on hospital waiting lists. This will use the BNF definition of strong opioids https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/

Sensitivity versus specificity

All strong opioids

Relevant definitions or links to important reference sources

BNF definition of weak/strong opioids - https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/:

Existing relevant codelists

Nil

Methodology

Converted from pseudo-BNF system codelist

References

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

* dm+d codelists can be downloaded with codes mapped to changed VMPs included - this is the default for an OpenSAFELY project. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.

* Note that this is the full list of explicitly included dm+d codes for this codelist. An OpenSAFELY project will by default also include previous or subsequent codes for any included VMPs that may have changed code. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.