OpenSAFELY codelists
- Statin Medication dm+d
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A list of statin preparations at VMP and AMP from the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices.
- Stroke (SNOMED) SNOMED CT
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Automatically-generated equivalent of Stroke
- Stroke (deprecated) CTV3
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DEPRECATED due to presence of Read 2 codes, and missing CTV3 codes, the corrected version is: https://codelists.opensafely.org/codelist/opensafely/stroke-updated
Codes indicating stroke (both haemorrhagic and ischaemic).
- Stroke (updated) CTV3
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An updated version of https://codelists.opensafely.org/codelist/opensafely/stroke/, which contained some stray unmapped Read 2 codes.
The original codelist had 49 Read 2 codes. These are replaced by 127 CTV3 codes.
- Stroke Secondary Care ICD-10
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Stroke ICD-10 codes.
- Strong Opioids BNF
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User requirements
A codelist is needed of all strong opioids used for analgesia (any route) excluding cough suppression, motility, general anaesthesia, opiate use disorder - this is for a project looking at opioid prescribing for patients on hospital waiting lists. This will use the BNF definition of strong opioids https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/
Sensitivity versus specificity
All strong opioids
Relevant definitions or links to important reference sources
BNF definition of weak/strong opioids - https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/:
Existing relevant codelists
Nil
- Strong Opioids - dmd dm+d
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User requirements
A codelist is needed of all strong opioids used for analgesia (any route) excluding cough suppression, motility, general anaesthesia, opiate use disorder - this is for a project looking at opioid prescribing for patients on hospital waiting lists. This will use the BNF definition of strong opioids https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/
Sensitivity versus specificity
All strong opioids
Relevant definitions or links to important reference sources
BNF definition of weak/strong opioids - https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/analgesics/:
Existing relevant codelists
Nil
- Structured Medication Review - NHS England SNOMED CT
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SNOMED code to support NHS England Structured Medication Review Service.
- Sulfasalazine (oral) BNF
- Sulfasalazine-oral (dmd) dm+d
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Oral sulfasalazine preparation in dm+d
- Surgery Emergency OPCS-4 codes WITHOUT complication codes OPCS-4
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This is a list of all the emergency OPCS-4 codes (as defined by RCS priority groups 1a and 1b), excluding the complication OPCS-4 codes for amputations, dislocations, compartment syndrome and washouts
- Surgery emergency and immediate procedure OPCS-4 codes OPCS-4
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OPCS-4 codes indicating an emergency or immediate procedure. Can be used in addition to primary procedure code
- Surgery for peripheral artery disease CTV3
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DEFINITION: Surgery for peripheral artery disease
Variables: (1) a binary variable denoting the presence of one of the codes at any point in the patient record. (2) the earliest date of such a code.
- Surgery staged and revision procedure OPCS-4 codes OPCS-4
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OPCS-4 codes indicating planned staged OR revision procedure. Can be used in addition to primary procedure code
- Symptoms: PTSD SNOMED CT
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Code list aiming to identify individuals consulting complaining of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder