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Table 1 ICD-10 codes which may apply to adverse drug events or adverse drug reactions

From: Clinical coding of prospectively identified paediatric adverse drug reactions – a retrospective review of patient records

Code

Description

Y40

Systemic antibiotics

Y41

Other systemic anti-infectives/antiparasitics

Y42

Hormones (including synthetic, antagonists)

Y43

Primarily systemic agents

Y44

Agents primarily affecting blood constituents

Y45

Analgesics/antipyretics/anti-inflammatories

Y46

Antiepileptics/antiParkinsonism drugs

Y47

Sedatives, hypnotics, antianxiety drugs

Y48

Anaesthetics, therapeutic gases

Y49

Psychotropic drugs

Y50

CNS stimulants

Y51

Drugs affecting autonomic nervous system

Y52

Agents primarily affecting cardiovascular system

Y53

Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system

Y54

Agents affecting water/mineral balance/uric acid

Y55

Agents affecting muscle/respiratory system

Y56

Topical agents affecting skin, ENT, dental

Y57

Other and unspecified medicaments

Y58

Bacterial vaccines

Y59

Other vaccines/biologicals

  1. Y40-Y59 external cause codes (adverse effects in in therapeutic use).