Assessing the Need for Creating ICD-10 Codes to Enhance Monitoring of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions in the United States
Before Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for doxy PEP, most encounters for potentially eligible patients were not explicitly among men who have sex with men, and doxycycline was prescribed broadly for various indications. A new ICD-10 code is needed for monitoring doxy PEP prescriptions with administrative data.
Authors
- Guoyu Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-3015)
- Lindley A. Barbee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7189-5492)
- John R. Papp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7495-5454)
- Larry He
- Chirag G. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-4213)
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- GTx (United States) (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- National Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention (US)
- The Centers (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000002245
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00