Lower respiratory tract infection - secondary care



Codelist metadata

Coding system

ICD-10

Coding system release

unknown

Organisation

OpenSAFELY

Codelist ID

opensafely/lower-respiratory-tract-infection-secondary-care

Version ID

21c94e19

Versions

About

Description

Identifies lower respiratory tract infections in hospital admissions.

Methodology

This codelist is part of a validated algorithm to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation (see reference). COPD exacerbation in secondary care is identified if any of the following criteria are met: 1) COPD exacerbation specific code (COPD exacerbation codelist) in any position. 2) COPD diagnosis code (COPD secondary care codelist) in first position. 3) Lower respiratory tract infection code (this codelist) in first position and a COPD diagnosis code in any position.

Discussion here: https://github.com/opensafely/codelist-development/issues/185

References

Signed off by

  • Ruth Costello, (March 14, 2022)
  • Rohini Mathur, (March 16, 2022)

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
J22 Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

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code: J22

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  • Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22)