Symptoms: earache
Codelist metadata
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Coding system
- SNOMED CT
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Coding system release
- 35.2.0
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Organisation
- OpenSAFELY
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Codelist ID
- opensafely/symptoms-earache
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Version ID
- 32d3decd
Versions
About
Description
Code list aiming to identify individuals consulting complaining of earache.
Methodology
Identified from intial search terms outside of OpenCodelists: "earache" "ear ache" "aching ear" "otalgia" "otitis" ear pain" "painful ear" "pain in ear" ear auricle pain" "painful ear auricle "
Clearly irrelevant codes excluded (with review by a second clinician)
Candidate codelist reviewed outside OpenCodelists by two clinicians. As we reviewed our candidate codelist outside openCodelists, we did not benefit from the tree structures that might have identified additional codes. However, we assume that these are likely to be codes that are not used frequently, e.g., eponymous syndromes.
Retained otitis media codes that do not specify a causative organism (except those specifying COVID-19) as these codes may be used to describe ear pain without confirmation of cause. However, excluded suppurative and malignant otitis media, as both suggest bacterial cause.
Signed off by
- Kate Mansfield, (Dec. 14, 2022)
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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 |
|---|---|
| 1010233001 | Otalgia of left ear |
| 1010234007 | Otalgia of right ear |
| 1084561000119106 | Referred otalgia of bilateral ears |
| 1089561000119107 | Referred otalgia of left ear |
| 1092171000119100 | Referred otalgia of right ear |
| 12336008 | Referred otalgia |
| 1240521000000100 | Otitis media due to disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| 139625000 | Earache symptoms |
| 139627008 | Unilateral earache |
| 139628003 | Bilateral earache |
| 139630001 | Earache symptom NOS |
| 141416002 | O/E - painful ear |
| 141418001 | O/E - ear auricle painful |
| 141420003 | O/E - painful ear NOS |
| 155222006 | Otitis media NOS |
| 155251005 | Otalgia |
| 16001004 | Otalgia |
| 162356005 | Earache symptom |
| 162358006 | Unilateral earache |
| 162359003 | Bilateral earache |
| 162361007 | Earache symptom NOS |
| 164219003 | On examination - painful ear |
| 164221008 | On examination - ear auricle painful |
| 164223006 | On examination - painful ear NOS |
| 194287004 | Recurrent acute otitis media |
| 194288009 | Acute left otitis media |
| 194289001 | Acute right otitis media |
| 194290005 | Acute bilateral otitis media |
| 194291009 | Ear infection &/or otitis media NOS |
| 194406008 | (Otalgia) or (ear pain) |
| 194407004 | Unspecified otalgia |
| 194408009 | Otalgia NOS |
| 194680006 | [X]Otitis media in other diseases classified elsewhere |
| 21186006 | Chronic otitis media |
| 267669008 | Otitis media NOS |
| 267753007 | Nonsuppurative otitis media (& [ left] or [right]) |
| 302219006 | Ear pain |
| 3110003 | Acute otitis media |
| 330981002 | Otitis media [no drugs here] |
| 420141000000100 | [X]Otitis media in other diseases classified elsewhere |
| 43275000 | Otitis |
| 534221000000101 | On examination - painful ear NOS |
| 568561000000109 | Earache symptom NOS |
| 643801000000104 | Unspecified otalgia |
| 647141000000100 | Otitis media NOS |
| 65363002 | Otitis media |
| 694141000000104 | Otalgia NOS |
| 74123003 | Otogenic otalgia |
| 792886009 | Pain in pinna |
| 84261000119106 | Acute persistent otitis media |
Codes not in the full codelist are in faint grey.