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.

All codelists

All inhalers BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

Environmental Impact of Inhalers

Published by OpenPrescribing

All nebivolol BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

Nebivolol 2.5mg tablets

Published by OpenPrescribing

All opioids BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

High dose opioid items as percentage regular opioids

Published by OpenPrescribing

All paracetamol and co-codamol tabs and caps BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

Soluble/effervescent forms of paracetamol and co-codamol

Published by OpenPrescribing

All statins BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

Low and medium intensity statins

Published by OpenPrescribing

All tramadol BNF

Used by the following OpenPrescribing measures:

Prescribing of high cost tramadol preparations

Published by OpenPrescribing

Alpha-Adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs dm+d

This code list contains NHS dm+d codes for alpha-adrenoceptor blocking Drugs in the cardiovascular chapter of BNF codes.

Published by OpenSAFELY

Ambulatory blood pressure codes SNOMED CT

Taken from the ABPM_COD refset published by NHSD.

Published by NHSD Primary Care Domain Refsets

Amiodarone Rx dm+d

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

© PRIMIS - the University of Nottingham 2021

Published by PINCER

Amoxicillin (oral) dm+d

This codelist contains amoxicillin formulations which may be given orally.

Published by OpenSAFELY

Amputation CTV3

Codelist for defining the presence of a history of amputation

Published by OpenSAFELY

Amputation OPCS-4 procedure codes OPCS-4

OPCS-4 codes to identify amputations following orthopaedic surgery

Published by OpenSAFELY

Amputation of lower limb CTV3

This captures amputation of the lower limb for the risk prediction project. Other studies requiring amputation codes should refer to the full codelist, under 'Amputation'.

Published by OpenSAFELY

Angina diagnosis codes SNOMED CT

Taken from the ANGINA_COD refset published by NHSD.

Published by NHSD Primary Care Domain Refsets

Angina referral to specialist codes SNOMED CT

Taken from the ANGINAREF_COD refset published by NHSD.

Published by NHSD Primary Care Domain Refsets