OpenCodelists
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Below, you'll find all the codelists we have used in OpenSAFELY research to date.
All codelists
- administration of 4th COVID vaccine SNOMED CT
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Taken from the
COVADM4_COD
fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3Published by PRIMIS Covid Vaccination Uptake Reporting - administration of 5th COVID vaccine SNOMED CT
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Taken from the
COVADM5_COD
fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3Published by PRIMIS Covid Vaccination Uptake Reporting - chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) CTV3
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CTV3 codelist for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (no corresponding ICD-10 codes found)
Published by OpenSAFELY - declined 3rd COVID vaccination SNOMED CT
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Taken from the
COV3DECL_COD
fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3Published by PRIMIS Covid Vaccination Uptake Reporting - declined course/dose COVID vaccination SNOMED CT
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Taken from the
COVDECL_COD
fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3Published by PRIMIS Covid Vaccination Uptake Reporting - diabetes-exeter-group CTV3
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Codes for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Published by OpenSAFELY - ethnicity (SNOMED) SNOMED CT
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A SNOMED UK ethnicity category codelist
6 categories, labels are:
- 1 - White
- 2 - Mixed
- 3 - Asian or Asian British
- 4 - Black or Black British
- 5 - Chinese or Other Ethnic Groups
- 6 - Not stated
16 categories, labels are:
- 1 - White - British
- 2 - White - Irish
- 3 - White - Any other White background
- 4 - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
- 5 - Mixed - White and Black African
- 6 - Mixed - White and Asian
- 7 - Mixed - Any other mixed background
- 8 - Asian or Asian British - Indian
- 9 - Asian or Asian British - Pakistani
- 10 - Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi
- 11 - Asian or Asian British - Any other Asian background
- 12 - Black or Black British - Caribbean
- 13 - Black or Black British - African
- 14 - Black or Black British - Any other Black background
- 15 - Other Ethnic Groups - Chinese
- 16 - Other Ethnic Groups - Any other ethnic group
- 17 - Not stated
Published by OpenSAFELY - hazardous alcohol drinking CTV3
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Codes that indicate hazardous alcohol drinking behavior. Future studies that require to specify ex-drinker and current-drinker need to revisit and review this codelist.
Published by OpenSAFELY - incident heart failure CTV3
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Published by OpenSAFELY
- incident-venous-thromboembolic-disease CTV3
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Codes to define incident cases of venous thromboemolic disease.
Published by OpenSAFELY - peripheral arterial disease CTV3
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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
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Taken from the
DXT_CHEMO_COD
fields in SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) Vaccine Uptake Reporting Codes v.1.5.3Published by PRIMIS Covid Vaccination Uptake Reporting - severe and profound learning disability flags CTV3
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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
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Published by OpenSAFELY
- sick-notes-snomed SNOMED CT
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Published by OpenSAFELY