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Table 2 Prescription drugs for which an accurate and up-to-date diagnosis is particularly important and their valid accurate diagnoses, classified by using the Swedish database of prescription drugs [26]

From: Indication for pharmacological treatment is often lacking: a cross-sectional study on the quality of drug therapy among the elderly

Prescription drugs

ATCa codes

Accurate diagnoses

ICD-10b codes

Antipsychotic drugs

N05A excluding N05AN

Schizophrenia

F22

F23

F24

F25

  

Bipolar disorder

F31

  

Severe aggression in Alzheimer’s disease

F91

G30/F00

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)

A02BC

Gastroesophageal reflux

K21

  

Stomach ulcer

K25

  

Ulcer in the duodenum

K26

  

Ulcer in stomach or duodenum

K27

Digoxin

C01AA05

Heart failure

I50

  

Atrial fibrillation

I48

Loop diuretics

C03C

Pulmonary oedema

J81

  

Heart failure

I50

  

Hypertension

I10

  

Oedema

R60

  

Kidney failure

N18

  

Liver failure

K72

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

N06AB, N06AX

Depression

F31

F32

F33

  

Social anxiety disorder

F40

  

Panic disorder

F41

  

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

F42

  1. aAnatomical Therapeutical Classification elaborated by the World Health Organisation. Available at http://www.whocc.no/atcddd
  2. bInternational Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision