Symptoms: cognitive impairment



Coding system
SNOMED CT
Coding system release
unknown
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/symptoms-cognitive-impairment
Version ID
018e7dec

Versions

Description

Code list aiming to identify individuals consulting complaining of cognitive impairment.

Methodology

Identified from intial search terms outside of OpenCodelists: "cognitive" "brain fog" "concentrat" memory" "amnesia" "cognit" mental" "intellect" "remember" "absent mind" attention" "disorient"

Clearly irrelevant codes excluded (with review by a second clinician)

Candidate codelist uploaded to OpenCodelists for review of candidate codes.

Excluded difficulty reading as likely to capture a large number of people with longstanding reading problems.

Excluding difficulty telling time as likely to capture a large number of people with longstanding issues.

Excluded memory problems with clear causes (e.g., vascular incident, Alzheimers).

Excluded codes where individuals have been referred for an initial visit to memory clinic as it is not clear whether someone has a memory problem. However, repeated review suggests an ongoing problem with memory.

Signed off by

  • Kate Mansfield, (Nov. 7, 2022)
  • Caroline Morton, (Nov. 21, 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
100881000000108 GDS level 2 - very mild cognitive decline
100891000000105 GDS level 3 - mild cognitive decline
100901000000106 GDS level 4 - moderate cognitive decline
100911000000108 GDS level 5 - moderately severe cognitive decline
100921000000102 GDS level 6 - severe cognitive decline
100931000000100 GDS level 7 - very severe cognitive decline
101292002 PDS TWIN QUAT CONCENTRATE
101394004 POLYOTIC CONCENTRATE SOLUBLE POWDER
102161000119102 Relationship problems with family members due to mental condition
102891000 Age-related cognitive decline
102942005 Intelligence quotient low
1034871000000101 Response to memory test for months of year in reverse
1034881000000104 Memory: months of year in reverse
1034901000000101 Memory: months of year in reverse successful
1034911000000104 Memory: months of year in reverse successful
1034921000000105 Memory: months of year in reverse unsuccessful
1034931000000107 Memory: months of year in reverse unsuccessful
1036821000000108 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation
1036831000000105 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation
1036841000000101 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation first letter
1036851000000103 Mild cognitive impairment review first letter
1036861000000100 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation second letter
1036871000000107 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation second letter
1036881000000109 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation third letter
1036891000000106 Mild cognitive impairment review invitation third letter
1036901000000107 Mild cognitive impairment review declined
1036911000000109 Mild cognitive impairment review declined
1047041000000108 Mild cognitive impairment review
104779000 Leukocyte esterase measurement
1050691000000108 Mild cognitive impairment review
1052381000000103 Mild cognitive impairment annual review
106022001 Finding of cognitive perceptual pattern
106136008 Memory finding
106137004 Intelligence finding
1068951000000102 Difficulty remembering places
1069191000000104 Does not remember routines
1069211000000100 Does not shift attention
1069441000000100 Does remember places
1069971000000101 Difficulty dividing attention
1070821000000108 Difficulty remembering past events
1070831000000105 Difficulty remembering people
1070841000000101 Difficulty remembering routines
1070891000000106 Difficulty shifting attention
1070981000000102 Difficulty sustaining attention
1071621000000102 Does not divide attention
1072501000000101 Does not remember past events
1072511000000104 Does not remember people
1072521000000105 Does not remember places
1072651000000101 Does not sustain attention
1073291000000101 Does divide attention
1074151000000101 Does remember past events
1074161000000103 Does remember people
1074171000000105 Does remember routines
1074211000000108 Does shift attention
1074291000000104 Does sustain attention
1074861000000106 Unable to divide attention
1075681000000104 Unable to remember past events
1075691000000102 Unable to remember people
1075701000000102 Unable to remember places
1075711000000100 Unable to remember routines
1075771000000105 Unable to shift attention
1075881000000103 Unable to sustain attention
1084541000000103 Mental health advice and support intervention
1085821000000106 Mental health problem
109478007 Kohlschutter's syndrome
109841000000108 Interagency mental health care coordination
109898005 Indication for modification of patient cognitive status
110352000 Minimal cognitive impairment
110359009 Intellectual disability
110360004 Intellectual frailty of aging
111481000000100 Poor visual sequential memory
112077003 Spatial disorientation
116340000 Disturbance of cognitive learning
117931000000104 Poor visual sequential memory
118191004 Cognitive perceptual finding
118550005 Number concentration (property)
118556004 Substance concentration (property)
118594004 Quantity concentration (property)
13108000 Memory, function
137287009 Monumental mason
139484009 Memory disturbance (& amnesia (& symptom))
139928000 O/E - mentally confused
139940000 O/E - mental state
140788004 Nervous system &/or mental state
140816001 O/E - disorientated
140826008 Mild cognitive disorder
140829001 Nervous syst/mental state NOS
141601000119107 Cognitive changes due to organic disorder
142261000119100 Cognitive deficit in attention
142271000119106 Cognitive deficit in communication skills
142281000119109 Cognitive deficit in visuospatial function
142291000119107 Cognitive deficit in psychomotor function
142688004 Memory: own age
142689007 Memory: own age not known
142690003 Memory: own age known
142691004 Memory: present time
142692006 Memory: present time not known
142693001 Memory: present time known
142694007 Memory: present place
142695008 Memory: present place not knwn
142696009 Memory: present place known
142697000 Memory: present year
142698005 Memory: present year not known
142699002 Memory: present year known
142700001 Memory: own DOB
142701002 Memory: own DOB not known
142702009 Memory: own DOB known
142703004 Memory: present month
142704005 Memory: present month not knwn
142705006 Memory: present month known
142706007 Memory: important event
142707003 Memory: important event not kn
142708008 Memory: important event known
142709000 Memory: important person
142710005 Memory: import.person not knwn
142711009 Memory: important person known
142712002 Memory: count down
142714001 Memory: count down successful
142715000 Memory: count down unsuccess.
145040006 Mild cognitive disorder
147911009 Mental state
154843007 Mental health disorder
154952004 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
154961004 Memory disturbance: [mild]
158178004 [D]Amnesia (retrograde)
159939006 Monumental mason
16039007 Hysterical amnesia
162199006 Memory disturbance (& amnesia (& symptom))
162200009 Temporary loss of memory
162702000 On examination - mentally confused
162715009 On examination - mental state
16314421000119103 Steroid-modified tinea infection of groin
163608000 On examination - disorientated
163619002 Mild cognitive disorder
163622000 Nervous syst/mental state NOS
163801000000107 Specialist mental health assessment
165277000 Assessment: [mental disability] or [memory] or [dementia]
165279002 Response to memory test for own age
165280004 Memory: own age not known
165281000 Memory: own age known
165282007 Response to memory test for present time
165283002 Memory: present time not known
165284008 Memory: present time known
165285009 Response to memory test for present place
165286005 Memory: present place not known
165287001 Memory: present place known
165288006 Response to memory test for present year
165289003 Memory: present year not known
165290007 Memory: present year known
165291006 Response to memory test for own date of birth
165292004 Memory: own date of birth not known
165293009 Memory: own date of birth known
165294003 Response to memory test for present month
165295002 Memory: present month not known
165296001 Memory: present month known
165297005 Response to memory test for important event
165298000 Memory: important event not known
165299008 Memory: important event known
165300000 Response to memory test for important person
165301001 Memory: important person not known
165302008 Memory: important person known
165303003 Response to memory test for counting down
165304009 Memory: count down successful
165305005 Memory: count down unsuccessful
170231000000104 Referral to memory clinic
174891000000105 Referral to memory clinic
17842005 Confabulation
18301000000102 Mental health assessment status
18427003 Mental status determination
1855002 Developmental academic disorder
186541000000102 Memory observations
186561000000101 Disturbance of memory for order of events
186771000000100 Disorientated in time
189981000000108 Memory observations
190001000000109 Disturbance of memory for order of events
190211000000104 Disorientated in time
191716000 Dissociative amnesia
192071009 Mild memory disturbance
192072002 Organic memory impairment
192129005 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
192158008 [X]Mental and behavioral disorders
192195008 Mild cognitive disorder
192420000 Dissociative amnesia
192557008 [X] (Unspecified mental retardation) or (mental deficiency [& subnormality] NOS)
192593005 [X]Disturbance of activity and attention
1943009 Right-left disorientation
195202003 Transient global amnesia
19657006 Disorientated in time
196661000000103 Attention and listening assessment
196891000000105 Attention delay
198439001 Menopausal concentration lack
202291000000107 Referral for mental health assessment
206784007 [D]Amnesia (retrograde)
206789002 [D]Anterograde amnesia
206799007 [X]Disorientation, unspecified
207606006 [X]Other amnesia
207607002 [X]Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
207613006 [X]Disorientation, unspecified
20991000175106 Education for memory impairment
223444001 Recommendation to seek attention
225036005 Distortion of memory
225037001 Minor memory lapses
225038006 Memory lapses
225040001 Localized dissociative amnesia
225443005 Recovery of memory
22558005 Iodide transport defect
225654005 Temperamental
228150001 Mental health impairment
228156007 Intellectual functioning disability
228544000 Cognitive intervention strategies
228550005 Attention training
228551009 Memory retraining
228553007 Cognitive therapy
229676007 Language-related cognitive disorder
229713001 Attention deficit disorder
229717000 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
230736007 Transient global amnesia
231447009 Mild cognitive disorder
231448004 Age-associated memory impairment
233667003 Rutland ciliary disorientation syndrome
238435009 Steroid-modified tinea infection
242421000000102 Consent for mental health assessment refused
246536003 Cognitive seizure
247572002 Intellect, function
247573007 Intellectual ability
247579006 Underestimates intellectual ability
247580009 Intellectual faculties
247586003 Long-term memory performance
247587007 Long-term memory within normal limits
247588002 Poor long-term memory
247589005 Short-term memory performance
247590001 Short-term memory within normal limits
247592009 Poor short-term memory
247602005 Memory function normal
247605007 Sharpened memory for remote events
247606008 Amnesia
247607004 Amnesia for day to day facts
247608009 Unable to remember today's date
247609001 Unable to remember name of reigning monarch
247610006 Unable to remember name of current prime minister
247611005 Amnesia for important personal information
247613008 Unable to remember own age
247618004 Memory assessment finding
247759001 Attention
247760006 Ability to concentrate
247761005 Reduced concentration
247762003 Reduced concentration span
247764002 Easily distracted
247765001 Pays fleeting attention
247766000 Pays attention to own choice of activity
247769007 Well controlled integrated attention
247781006 Excessive feelings of mental efficiency
248021000 Attention seeking behavior
248233002 Mental alertness
248236005 Mentally vague
24936000 Emotionally detached
250416001 Urobilinogen concentration, test strip measurement
25124003 Selective inattention
254128006 Tricho-thiodystrophy
26329005 Poor concentration
268792003 Memory disturbance: [mild]
269032002 Nervous system &/or mental state
271596009 Mental distress
271782001 Drowsy
272051008 Memory assessment
273643004 Neurobehavioral cognitive status examination
274645001 Disorientation, unspecified
274648004 [X]Other/unsp symp & signs invol cognit function & awareness
274659008 Semicoma
275277000 Post-traumatic amnesia
275278005 Difficulty in remembering dates
276294005 Isolated memory skills
277304005 Pure tone audiometry using attention raising techniques
280996003 Attention deficit without hyperactivity
282409001 Nominated concentrations
283878007 Impairment of registration
283882009 Finding of memory performance
283885006 Verbal short-term memory performance
283890009 Semantic memory performance
283904009 Memory form
283910009 Explicit memory
283912001 Implicit memory
283914000 Verbal memory observable
283923002 Tactile memory
283925009 Topographical memory
283927001 Procedural memory
283933005 Verbal memory for names
283934004 Verbal memory for objects
283993007 Use of memory retrieval aids
283994001 Semantic memory
283995000 Verbal memory for events
285188007 Unable to remember own date of birth
285191007 Unable to remember day of the week
285194004 Unable to remember month of year
285197006 Unable to remember current year
285213001 Memory aided by use of lists
285214007 Memory aided by use of labels
285215008 Memory aided by use of diary
285219002 Unable to remember motor skills
285221007 Unable to remember new motor skills
285223005 Unable to remember old motor skills
285225003 Unable to remember objects
285228001 Unable to remember faces
285230004 Unable to remember sounds
285231000 Mental function
285244005 Cognitive style
288005 Cognitive function finding
288770006 Unable to direct attention
288771005 Does direct attention
288772003 Does not direct attention
288773008 Difficulty directing attention
2899008 Thought block
302262007 Memory skills training
303116000 Memory function
304637004 Cognitive restructuring
304729001 Fuld object memory evaluation
304767003 Rust inventory of schizotypal cognitions
305346005 Admission to psychogeriatric day hospital
305403008 Admission to psychogeriatric department
305870003 Seen by psychogeriatric service
305909002 Seen in psychogeriatric day hospital
306138007 Referral to psychogeriatric service
306204008 Referral to psychogeriatric day hospital
307413004 Transient memory loss
308922006 Mental symptom
309801000000104 Seen in memory clinic
309811000000102 Seen in memory clinic
309821000000108 Seen in memory clinic
309832006 Intellectual concepts and systems
309961006 Psychogeriatric department
310121005 Psychogeriatric service
311465003 Cognitive functions
311507007 Executive cognitive functions
311514009 Microcog - assessment of cognitive function
311518007 Sustained attention, function
311519004 Divided attention, function
311529006 Verbal memory encoding
311530001 Verbal memory storage
311532009 Immediate verbal memory
311533004 Delayed verbal memory
311553000 Episodic memory, function
311554006 Prospective memory, function
311718005 Cognitive discrimination, function
31177006 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type
311884008 External memory aids training
312008005 Cognitive function: distractibility
312009002 Cognitive function: initiation
312010007 Cognitive function: goal setting
312011006 Cognitive function: planning
312012004 Cognitive function: awareness
312013009 Intellectual awareness, function
312016001 Metacognition, function
316768001 [X]Attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
316770005 [X]Attention to other artificial openings
31748000 Abnormal mental state
323331000000106 Anxiety about loss of memory
331631000000101 Mental health - National Public Health Classification
33254005 Uncompensated short term memory deficit
342431000000106 Numeracy level: can do simple mental arithmetic
346845006 Potassium citrate 12g/10mL concentrated mixture
348121000000102 Diverting attention
348131000000100 Redirecting attention
34977006 Intellectual aphasia
35253001 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type
360147003 Attention - action
363871006 Mental state
363883008 Cognitive function feature
363885001 Characteristic of intellect
363887009 Memory observable
363888004 Memory performance
36456004 Mental state finding
365342001 Finding of cognitive style
365656007 Finding of urobilinogen concentration, dipstick
365814006 Finding of intellectual ability
365826001 Finding of intellectual faculties
365859003 Finding of short-term memory performance
365869009 Finding of verbal short-term memory performance
365888002 Finding of long-term memory performance
365890001 Finding of semantic memory performance
365905000 Finding of use of memory retrieval aids
365906004 Finding of memory for own age
365907008 Finding of memory for present time
365908003 Finding of memory for present place
365909006 Finding of memory for present year
365911002 Finding of memory for own date of birth
365912009 Finding of memory for present month
365913004 Finding of memory for important event
365914005 Finding of memory for important person
365915006 Finding of memory for counting down
365917003 Finding of memory form
365918008 Finding of semantic memory
365919000 Finding of verbal memory
365933000 Finding of mental alertness
366963000 Transient global amnesia
366970000 Reduced concentration
367187006 Transient global amnesia
367194009 Reduced concentration
371092001 Cognitive safety issue
373930000 Cognitive function finding
38369006 At risk for cognitive impairment
385888009 History taking, mental health
385893007 Mental health treatment
386522008 Overactivity/inattention behavior management
386805003 Mild cognitive disorder
386806002 Impaired cognition
386807006 Memory impairment
389334000 Reduced concentration span
390067004 Reduced concentration span
391029008 Mental health healthcare resource groups
391281002 Mental health assessment
392257007 Neurological mental status determination
392770004 Mentally vague
393724003 Mentally vague
39538002 Disorientation to person, time and place
395568000 Poor concentration
395614001 Poor concentration
395658001 Poor concentration
398179001 Expiratory concentration
398281007 Expiratory concentration
399371000000101 [X]Attention to other artificial openings of digestive tract
401441000000106 [X]Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving cognitive functions and awareness
40299004 Pigmentary degeneration
404906000 Post-operative confusion
405017007 Ability to identify person, place, and time
405503005 Staff member inattention
406506008 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
407630006 Global Deterioration Scale level 2 - very mild cognitive decline
407631005 Global Deterioration Scale level 3 - mild cognitive decline
407632003 Global Deterioration Scale level 4 - moderate cognitive decline
407633008 Global Deterioration Scale level 5 - moderately severe cognitive decline
407634002 Global Deterioration Scale level 6 - severe cognitive decline
407635001 Global Deterioration Scale level 7 - very severe cognitive decline
408899008 Memory loss care
408900003 Memory loss care education
408901004 Memory loss care management
408902006 Memory loss care assessment
410232000 Mental health treatment assessment
410233005 Mental health treatment education
410234004 Management of mental health treatment
41171000000106 Mild cognitive disorder
413088002 Poor visual sequential memory
413307004 Mental health problem
413384008 Ability to perform cognitive activity
415276009 Referral to memory clinic
416106008 Disturbance of memory for order of events
418107008 Unconscious
419111000000102 [X] (Unspecified mental retardation) or (mental deficiency [& subnormality] NOS)
419284004 Altered mental status
419621000000101 [X]Other/unspecified symptoms & signs involving cognitive functions & awareness
419723007 Mentally dull
421351004 Concentrated extract
42176003 Amnesia for recent events
425248002 Scattered attention
42584006 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
42813001 Medico-legal mental status determination
431432003 Anxiety about loss of memory
432806004 Seen in memory clinic
433081000 Organic amnesia of language
433082007 Transient altered mental status
439166003 Risk of elopement for cognitvely impaired subject
440040005 Number of elopements for cognitively impaired subject
440384002 Safe wandering behavior of cognitively impaired subject
440567007 Level of mental discomfort
441081008 Able to do simple mental arithmetic
442761000000102 [X]Mental and behavioural disorders
442944005 Induction of amnesia
443265004 Cognitive disorder
444613000 Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
463081005 Patient monitoring system module, data memory
463270002 Memory assistive training device
463443006 Memory-alloy patella fixation grip
464511000000105 [X]Disturbance of activity and attention
466155001 Attention assistive training device
468031000000103 [X]Disorientation, unspecified
46991000 Absent minded
471261000000103 [X]Attention to other artificial openings
480201000000101 [X]Other amnesia
480341000000105 [X]Disorientation, unspecified
48167000 Amnesia
49458002 Destruction by neurolytic agent of trigeminal nerve, mental
495901000000102 [D]Amnesia (retrograde)
495941000000104 [D]Anterograde amnesia
516401000000106 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation first letter
516891000000101 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation second letter
516901000000100 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation second letter
516911000000103 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation third letter
516921000000109 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation third letter
51921000 Retrograde amnesia
52965005 Intellectual insight, function
532241000000100 Nervous system/mental state NOS
55152005 Neurological mental status determination
60032008 Unable to concentrate
6149008 Amnesia for remote events
62260007 Pretibial pigmental patches due to diabetes mellitus
62476001 Disorientated
62766000 Disorientation for person
64419002 Immunologic cell
65135009 Knight's move in thought
66797003 Disorientation as to self
6769007 Attention, function
683531000000104 Disorientation, unspecified
69063000 Recent memory, function
69262000 Immediate memory, function
698689005 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type in remission
698691002 Cognitive disorder in remission
698692009 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly hyperactive impulsive type in remission
699184009 Perry syndrome
700603009 Psycho-cognitive electromagnetic stimulator
701166006 Memory-alloy orthopedic fixation plate
702815001 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, inattentive presentation (restrictive)
702942001 Concentration
702955000 Moderate cognitive impairment
702956004 Severe cognitive impairment
704426000 Impairment of mental alertness
705442001 Cognitive skill-training assistive device
707290007 No abnormality detected by mental health assessment
707511000000108 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder monitoring invitation first letter
709073001 Neurocognitive disorder
710071000000106 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder annual review
710081000000108 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder annual review
710125008 Promotion of use of memory skills
713112001 Provision of memory device
716635007 Cognitive communication disorder
720821000000105 Mental health
72440003 Disorientated in place
736314008 Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with cognitive symptoms
74511003 Suction and cleaning of endotracheal tube
7461003 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly hyperactive impulsive type
74732009 Mental disorder
76039005 Disturbance of attention
762298000 Cognitive impairment due to toxicity of substance
770751003 Severe motor and intellectual disabilities, sensorineural deafness, dystonia syndrome
771417007 Cognitive dysfunction following surgical procedure
77287004 Borderline intellectual disability
777011000000109 Mental health assessment
78241000119105 Suspected mental condition not found
78461004 Memory impairment
78521000000105 Mild cognitive disorder
80216008 Impaired cognition
808311000000102 Poor short-term memory
81964002 Remote memory, function
823961000000102 Referral to memory assessment service
82742001 Concentration, function
836301008 Amnestic mild cognitive disorder
838001000000108 Provision of written information about mental health
84209002 Psychogenic amnesia
85701000000105 GDS level 6 - severe cognitive decline
857911000000109 Optimal cognitive function
859281000000104 Multidisciplinary mental health case management
85970000 Posttraumatic amnesia
86110000 Rumination - thoughts
86238001 Clinical psychologic mental status determination
86765009 Mild intellectual disability
868751000000100 Referral to memory clinic declined
868761000000102 Referral to memory clinic declined
870991000000101 National Health Service Health Check raising awareness about dementia and memory clinics
87343002 Prinzmetal angina
88822006 Anterograde amnesia
888271000000101 Mild cognitive impairment
888281000000104 Mild cognitive impairment
888291000000102 Moderate cognitive impairment
888301000000103 Moderate cognitive impairment
888311000000101 Severe cognitive impairment
888321000000107 Severe cognitive impairment
888901000000102 Initial memory assessment
888911000000100 Initial memory assessment
889811000000103 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, inattentive presentation (restrictive)
89051002 Temporary amnesia
89458003 Stupor
918271000000105 Impaired cognition
92261000000106 Referral to mental health early intervention service
931031000000104 Progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration
931041000000108 Progressive Intellectual and Neurological Deterioration
932281000000102 Disorder of attention
933271000000106 Relevant past medical, surgical and mental health history
933891000000109 Prison mental health inreach case notes
938471000000100 Disorder of attention
948201000000105 Mental health prison inreach team fax received
948211000000107 Mental health prison inreach team telephone encounter
955351000000105 Cognitive communication disorder
95924005 Victim of mental abuse
96021000000109 GDS level 2 - very mild cognitive decline
96031000000106 GDS level 3 - mild cognitive decline
96041000000102 GDS level 4 - moderate cognitive decline
96051000000104 GDS level 5 - moderately severe cognitive decline
96061000000101 GDS level 7 - very severe cognitive decline
965471000000104 Referral for mental health assessment
965711000000101 Cognitive communication disorder
974941000000107 Use of cognitive modality for occupational performance
986951000000109 Current View Provisional Problem Description item 14 - difficulties sitting still or concentrating
990531000000107 Memory impairment

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