MedDRA and WHODrug Coding
Though there are other Coding dictionaries available along with MedDRA (ex: COSTART and WHOART ), MedDRA dictionary is typically used in the US for Adverse Events coding. AE\ MedDRA coding is not the SAS programmers work; it is usually done by medical coder or database programmer. Coding basically involves a process of finding a dictionary term that matches the verbatim term reported on the CRF , and getting the other related dictionary derived variables useful for the analysis like System Organ Class ( SOC ), Preferred Term ( PT ) and Lowest Level Term ( LLT ), etc. Some times this process may take more time than expected, because Misspellings and other differences would delay the process of coding. In that case, person responsible for coding has to look for the dictionary term that which is the best possible match from the MedDRA dictionary. So the question here comes is what SAS programmer can do in this process. Here is the Answer…. SAS programmer has to work hard to make...