Scarlet fever

Coding system: SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
Coding system release: 35.2.0
Organisation: OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID: opensafely/scarlet-fever
Version ID: 1ba70f02
Number of codes included: 13

Versions

Description

Following an increase in cases of [Scarlet Fever and invasive Group A Strep in the UK](https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2022/12/05/group-a-strep-what-you-need-to-know/) this codelist aims to identify patients who have had a diagnosis of or a suspected diagnosis of Scarlet Fever.

Methodology

All codes with the key words 'scarlet fever' and 'scarlatina' were identified and reviewed manually with the appropriate codes mapped.

Inclusion Criteria for Codes - Codes indicating a diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of Scarlet Fever

Exclusion Criteria for Codes - Codes indicating exposure to Scarlet Fever, history of Scarlet Fever, conditions not related to Group A Streptococcus

References

Github issue

Signed off by

Chris Wood, (Jan. 17, 2023)
Vicky Speed, (Jan. 17, 2023)

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
1087781000000109	Suspected scarlet fever
1089931000119105	Myocarditis due to scarlet fever
1090001000119105	Otitis media due to scarlet fever
147777007	Notification of scarlet fever
154301006	Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina
154303009	Scarlet fever
154304003	Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS
170523002	Notification of scarlet fever
186357007	Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina
186362008	Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS
30242009	Scarlet fever
538331000000101	Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS
772157000	Scarlet fever suspected

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.

scarlatina

Included 6 out of 14 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts

(Viral exanthemata [& variants]) or (orf) or (milkers node) (154344005)
(Viral exanthemata [& variants]) or (orf) or (milkers node) (266193008)
Exposure to scarlet fever (1218751000000107)
H/O: scarlatina (138690007)
History of scarlatina (161417003)
Parascarlatina (186580000)
Pseudoscarlatina (186581001)
Scarlet fever (30242009)
Staphylococcal scarlatina (238427006)
Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina (186357007)
Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina (154301006)
Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS (154304003)
Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS (186362008)
Streptococcal sore throat with scarlatina NOS (538331000000101)

scarlet fever

Included 9 out of 12 matching concepts.