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Prevalence and Characterization of Pharmacogenetic Testing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Procedure Codes in the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD): A Descriptive Analysis

    Basic Details
    Date Posted
    Status
    Complete
    Medical Product
    pharmacogenetic testing
    Description

    In this request, we examined the occurrence of codes for 251 pharmacogenetic testing Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) procedure codes in the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD).

    Results include descriptive statistics of 251 pharmacogenetic testing HCPCS procedure codes. This report also includes counts and prevalence of dispensings of the selected HCPCS procedure codes among enrolled members in the MSDD from 2005-2015. This query includes data from all care settings; results are stratified by year.

    The request was run against the HCPCS Summary Table. The study period includes data from 2005 to 2015. We distributed this request on October 22, 2015 to 15 Data Partners using the Mini-Sentinel Distributed Query Tool.

    Additional Details
    FDA Center
    CDER
    Time Period
    2005-2015
    Analysis Type
    Summary Table
    Population / Cohort
    All individuals
    Data Sources
    Mini-Sentinel Distributed Database (MSDD)