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Table 1 Cannabis-related terms and codes found in various sections of the EMR data

From: Documenting cannabis use in primary care: a descriptive cross-sectional study using electronic medical record data in Alberta, Canada

Sections of EMR data (n cannabis entries/N total entries in table)a

Term found in record (text or ICD-9 code)

Number (%) of records

N = 11 724

Number (%) of patients

N = 4 652

Billing (1 139/8 406 354)

304.3

621 (54.5)

373 (53.7)

305.2

518 (45.5)

358 (51.6)

Encounter diagnosis (3 572/7 996 932)

Cann*b

1 930 (54.0)

989 (56.4)

Marij OR Marih

1 692 (47.4)

910 (51.9)

304.3

826 (23.1)

493 (28.1)

305.2

668 (18.7)

437 (24.9)

THC

191 (5.3)

150 (8.6)

MJ

132 (3.7)

91 (5.2)

CBD

72 (2.0)

53 (3.0)

Pot

47 (1.3)

44 (2.5)

Weed

12 (0.3)

12 (0.7)

Hash

1 (< 0.1)

1 (0.1)

Family history (123 / 378 374)

Marij OR Marih

78 (63.4)

76 (62.8)

Weed

31 (25.2)

31 (25.6)

Cann*b

17 (13.8)

16 (13.2)

304.3

5 (4.1)

4 (3.3)

305.2

5 (4.1)

5 (4.1)

MJ

2 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

Pot

2 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

CBD

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

THC

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

Problem list (1 068 / 897 892)

Cann*b

649 (60.8)

638 (61.8)

Marij OR Marih

643 (60.2)

628 (60.9)

304.3

324 (30.3)

320 (31.0)

305.2

232 (21.7)

230 (22.3)

Pot

37 (3.5)

32 (3.1)

MJ

26 (2.4)

24 (2.3)

THC

17 (1.6)

17 (1.6)

CBD

9 (0.8)

9 (0.9)

Weed

4 (0.4)

4 (0.4)

Medication (5 210 / 7 009 108)

Nabilone

4 769 (91.5)

1 330 (80.9)

Cann*b

183 (3.5)

151 (9.2)

Marij OR Marih

157 (3.0)

137 (8.3)

N02BG10

92 (1.8)

71 (4.3)

CBD

62 (1.2)

54 (3.3)

Sativex

37 (0.7)

25 (1.5)

THC

21 (0.4)

17 (1.0)

Marinol

9 (0.2)

5 (0.3)

Sativa

8 (0.2)

8 (0.5)

Risk factor (612 / 554 727)

Marij OR Marih

238 (38.9)

230 (39.0)

THC

219 (35.8)

219 (37.2)

MJ

61 (10.0)

57 (9.7)

Cann*b

48 (7.8)

43 (7.3)

Pot

26 (4.2)

26 (4.4)

Weed

18 (2.9)

18 (3.1)

CBD

4 (0.7)

4 (0.7)

Hash

2 (0.3)

2 (0.3)

  1. *patients can have more than one entry in their EMR