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ArticleJAMIA open2026

Development and validation of a near-comprehensive RxNorm valueset of opioid medications.

Michael Wasz, Prabhu R V Shankar, Elizabeth Sprouse, Lyndsey Kirchner, Matthew H Garber, James Jones, Kenneth D Mandl, Andrew McMurry

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Michael WaszEmory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7712-4275
Prabhu R V ShankarDivision of Health Informatics, University of California Davis Health, 4480 2nd Street, Suite 4152, Sacramento, CA, 95817, United States.
Elizabeth SprouseDouble Lantern Informatics, 3456 Landen Pine Ct., Atlanta, GA, 30305, United States.
Lyndsey KirchnerCDC Foundation, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States.
Matthew H GarberComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
James JonesComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Kenneth D MandlComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Andrew McMurryComputational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.

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Abstract

Objective: Develop a near-comprehensive opioid medications valueset for population measures of opioid related treatments and outcomes. The opioid valueset should be free, open source, and conform to the RxNorm standard federally mandated in every US-certified electronic health record. Materials and Methods: Cumulus opioid valueset was manually curated by the authors and expanded using computer assisted curation. Opioid classifier rules were developed to select opioid RxNorm concepts with known opioid receptor interactions, ingredients, keywords, and drug product formulations. Twelve publicly available valuesets were used to develop and validate the Cumulus opioid valueset. Validation accuracy was measured against a corpus of opioid medication orders and non-opioid pain relievers. Results: Cumulus opioid valueset recall was >99.9% when measured against opioid prescription RxNorm codes from UC Davis Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Cumulus opioid valueset was 100% specific compared to three valuesets of non-opioid pain relievers. Discussion and Conclusion: To the authors' knowledge, Cumulus opioid valueset is the largest publicly available valueset of opioid medications (8926 RxNorm concepts). The intended use of this opioid valueset is for population health measures of opioid medications and related patient outcomes.

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analgesicsdrug classificationelectronic health recordsopioidpublic health informaticsRxNorm

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PMID42428527
PMCPMC13345921

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