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MeSH Heading: Overdiagnosis
Tree Number(s): E01.505; N02.421.562; N05.300.565
Unique ID: D000088522
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000088522
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Over-Diagnosis; Pseudodisease, Over-Diagnosed; Pseudodisease, Overdiagnosed
See Also: Medicalization
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see MEDICAL OVERUSE 2016-2021
History Note: 2022(2016)
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2022/12/15

Concept UI: M000605500
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Overdiagnosis Preferred Term
Term UI T000879597
Date05/12/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Over-Diagnosis
Term UI T001097008
Date02/12/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Pseudodisease, Overdiagnosed
Term UI T001106065
Date05/07/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Pseudodisease, Over-Diagnosed
Term UI T001106064
Date05/07/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Overdiagnosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024