Apparently the mortality rate from ICD-10 X44 (stuff like blood pressure medication, antibiotics, etc) causes has risen more than 5x over the last 20 years. It seems these deaths are getting grouped in with X42 (heroin, cocaine, etc) in all the reports we hear about.
Apparently the mortality rate from ICD-10 X44 (stuff like blood pressure medication, antibiotics, etc) causes has risen more than 5x over the last 20 years. It seems these deaths are getting grouped in with X42 (heroin, cocaine, etc) in all the reports we hear about.
http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online2004...