Asthma Inhaler Steroid Medication

Codelist metadata

Coding system

Dictionary of Medicines and Devices

Coding system release

unknown

Organisation

OpenSAFELY

Codelist ID

opensafely/asthma-inhaler-steroid-medication

Version Tag

2020-04-15

Version ID

05657fec

Versions

About

Description

Medication codes of inhaled corticosteroid medications used for asthma treatment

Methodology

This list was prepared by identifying all VMPs/AMPs in dm+d with one of the following BNF chemical codes:

  • Beclometasone Dipropionate (0302000C0)
  • BeclometDiprop/Formoterol/Glycopyrronium (0301011AB)
  • Budesonide (0302000K0)
  • Ciclesonide (0302000U0)
  • Fluticasone Furoate (0302000V0)
  • Fluticasone Propionate (0302000N0)
  • Mometasone Furoate (0302000R0)

Restrict this set to only those whose form route is pressurizedinhalation.inhalation or powderinhalation.inhalation.

References

Signed off by

  • Caroline Morton, (April 15, 2020)
  • Ian Douglas, (April 15, 2020)
  • Brian MacKenna, (April 15, 2020)

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.

* dm+d codelists can be downloaded with codes mapped to changed VMPs included - this is the default for an OpenSAFELY project. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.


* Note that this is the full list of explicitly included dm+d codes for this codelist. An OpenSAFELY project will by default also include previous or subsequent codes for any included VMPs that may have changed code. See the documentation on keeping codelists up to date for more details.