Asylum or refugee-related status
Metadata
- Coding system
- SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
- Coding system release
- 39.5.0
- Organisation
- OpenSAFELY
- Codelist ID
- opensafely/asylum-or-refugee-status
- Version ID
- 209cb9e0
- Number of codes included
- 30
About
Description
A list of SNOMED CT codes related to refugee or asylum status, including codes related to presence in an immigration removal centre.
Methodology
Search strategy
This codelist was created by searching for the following terms and then selecting codes that were relevant to this aspect of migration status:
-asylum - refugee - illegal - initial health assessment
The codelist was reviewed with two GPs who have experience caring for migrant patients.
18/2/25: Added all asylum codes and immigration removal centre (IRC) codes (based on the rationale that individuals in IRCs are likely applying for asylum)
Signed off by
- Yamina Boukari, (Dec. 8, 2025)
Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.
We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.
| code | term |
|---|---|
| 1057331000000104 | Signposting to Refugee Council |
| 1085811000000100 | History of detention in immigration removal centre |
| 1231786003 | Refugee healthcare service |
| 1364151000000105 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening |
| 1364171000000101 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening declined |
| 1364221000000109 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening |
| 1364251000000104 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening declined |
| 1364261000000101 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening |
| 1364271000000108 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening declined |
| 1364871000000107 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening |
| 1364881000000109 | Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening declined |
| 148642003 | Examination of refugee |
| 161157008 | Refugee |
| 171420007 | Examination of refugee |
| 306211000000109 | Failed asylum seeker |
| 306221000000103 | Application for Asylum declined |
| 306231000000101 | Application for Asylum declined |
| 389297006 | Refugee |
| 389298001 | Asylum seeker |
| 390033009 | Asylum seeker |
| 390790000 | Asylum seeker |
| 413323004 | Refugee family |
| 446654005 | Refugee |
| 554851000005102 | Asylum seekers center |
| 728611000000100 | Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status |
| 728621000000106 | Asylum seeker with application for asylum refused |
| 728631000000108 | Asylum seeker with humanitarian protection status |
| 728651000000101 | Refugee |
| 729851000000109 | Asylum seeker with discretionary leave to remain |
| 748241000000103 | Unaccompanied child asylum seeker |
This page shows the search terms that were used to build the codelist. Concepts that match the search terms, but which were excluded, are in faint grey.
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit
Included 8 out of 8 matching concepts.
Show matching concepts
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Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening (
1364151000000105) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening declined (
1364171000000101) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening (
1364871000000107) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening declined (
1364881000000109) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening (
1364221000000109) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening declined (
1364251000000104) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening (
1364261000000101) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening declined (
1364271000000108)
Immigration removal
Included 9 out of 9 matching concepts.
Show matching concepts
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History of detention in immigration removal centre (
1085811000000100) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening (
1364151000000105) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening declined (
1364171000000101) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening (
1364871000000107) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening declined (
1364881000000109) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening (
1364221000000109) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening declined (
1364251000000104) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening (
1364261000000101) -
Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening declined (
1364271000000108)
asylum
Included 12 out of 12 matching concepts.
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Application for Asylum declined (
306221000000103) -
Application for Asylum declined (
306231000000101) -
Asylum seeker (
389298001) -
Asylum seeker (
390790000) -
Asylum seeker (
390033009) -
Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status (
728611000000100) -
Asylum seeker with application for asylum refused (
728621000000106) -
Asylum seeker with discretionary leave to remain (
729851000000109) -
Asylum seeker with humanitarian protection status (
728631000000108) -
Asylum seekers center (
554851000005102) -
Failed asylum seeker (
306211000000109) -
Unaccompanied child asylum seeker (
748241000000103)
refugee
Included 10 out of 12 matching concepts.
Show matching concepts
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Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status (
728611000000100) -
Examination of refugee (
148642003) -
Examination of refugee (
171420007) -
Refugee (
728651000000101) -
Refugee (
389297006) -
Refugee (
446654005) -
Refugee (
161157008) -
Refugee family (
413323004) -
Refugee healthcare service (
1231786003) -
Signposting to Refugee Council (
1057331000000104) -
[V]Health examination of defined subpopulation (
271495005) -
[V]Health examination of defined subpopulation (
411771000000105)