OpenCodelists

Welcome to OpenCodelists, created by OpenSAFELY for creating and sharing codelists.

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Below, you'll find all the codelists we have used in OpenSAFELY research to date.

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oral NSAID Rx dm+d

Taken from the NSAID_COD field in the National PINCER Data Specification, published by PRIMIS.

© PRIMIS - the University of Nottingham 2021

Published by PINCER
otitis media SNOMED CT

Codelist for otitis media (middle ear infection) that may be treated with antibiotics in primary care.

Published by UKHSA
parkinsons Read V2
Published by QMUL Multimorbidity
peptic ulceration SNOMED CT

Taken from the PEP_COD field in the National PINCER Data Specification, published by PRIMIS.

© PRIMIS - the University of Nottingham 2021

Published by PINCER
perip_arterial_disease Read V2
Published by QMUL Multimorbidity
peripheral arterial disease CTV3

Codes that indicate incident or history of peripheral arterial disease.

This is used for calculating the CHAD2S2-VASc score.

Published by OpenSAFELY
receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy codes SNOMED CT

Taken from the DXT_CHEMO_COD fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3

serious mental illness ICD-10
severe and profound learning disability flags CTV3

This is a list of generic codes which record the presence of a severe or profound learning disability, flagged as such in a patient's records separately to their underlying diagnosis.

Published by OpenSAFELY
sick-notes-ctv3 CTV3
Published by OpenSAFELY
sick-notes-snomed SNOMED CT
Published by OpenSAFELY
sinusitis Read V2
Published by QMUL Multimorbidity
skin and soft tissue infections SNOMED CT

Codelist for skin and soft tissue infections that may be treated with repeat antibiotics in primary care.

Published by UKHSA
splenectomy SNOMED CT
Published by UKHSA
substance_misuse Read V2
Published by QMUL Multimorbidity