2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids Implementation Guide, published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2022.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/cqframework/opioid-cds-r4/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline - Acute Pain

Determining whether a patient is being prescribed opioids for acute pain is difficult to determine by examination of the medical record alone. The project team identified the following proxies for acute pain, used throughout the recommendations:

1. A medication is considered for chronic pain if it is being prescribed for 28 days or more.

2. A medication is considered for acute pain if it is being prescribed for less than 28 days.