Overdiagnosis - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Overdiagnosis;

MeSH definition : The labeling of a person with a disease or abnormal condition that would not have caused the person harm if left undiscovered, creating new diagnoses by medicalizing ordinary life experiences, or expanding existing diagnoses by lowering thresholds or widening criteria without evidence of improved outcomes. Individuals derive no clinical benefit from overdiagnosis although they may experience physical, psychological or financial harm.;

MeSH synonym : Overdiagnoses; Pseudodisease, Overdiagnosed; Overdiagnosed Pseudodisease; Overdiagnosed Pseudodiseases; Pseudodiseases, Overdiagnosed; Over-Diagnosis; Over Diagnosis; Over-Diagnoses; Pseudodisease, Over-Diagnosed; Over-Diagnosed Pseudodisease; Over-Diagnosed Pseudodiseases; Pseudodisease, Over Diagnosed; Pseudodiseases, Over-Diagnosed;

Details

Origin ID

D000088522;

UMLS CUI

C0814466;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- overdiagnosis [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- Overdiagnosis [MeSH concept]
See also
- medicalization [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Finding [UMLS semantic type]

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