NOTE: The outcome from the latest version of a case is provided. If there is more than one outcome, the codes will be line listed.
OT Other Serious (Important Medical Event)
Permanent Impairment/Damage
RI Required Intervention to Prevent
CA Congenital Anomaly
DS Disability
HO Hospitalization - Initial or Prolonged
LT Life-Threatening
DE Death
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CODE MEANING_TEXT
notes outc_cod : Code for a patient outcome. (See table below.)
will have the same CASE number as the initial/oldest version.
A follow-up version (that is, the newest/latest version received by FDA)
A case consists of one or more versions.
Number for identifying a FAERS case (example. 3123456).
It is the Identifier for the case sequence (version) number as reported by the manufacturer.
This is a concatenated key of Case ID and Case Version Number.
This is the primary link field (primary key) between data files (example: 31234561).
Unique number for identifying a FAERS report.
OUTCyyQq.TXT contains patient outcomes for the event (0 or more).
by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org ,  6 Apr 2017