Symptoms: headache
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-headache
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Version ID
- 62400541
Versions
About
Description
Code list aiming to identify individuals consulting complaining of headache
Methodology
Identified from intial search terms outside of OpenCodelists: "headache" "migraine" "cephalalgia" cephalgia" "cephalodynia" "cranial" hemicrania" "head" "migrain"
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.
Specifically excluded headaches with clear causes, e.g., drug induced, concussion, post trauma. Excluded trigeminal neuralgia as implies facial pain rather than classical headache.
Excluded any codes related to GPs with special interests in migraine/headache.
Specifically included headache syndrome including migraine, cluster headaches.
Signed off by
- Kate Mansfield, (Dec. 14, 2022)
- Caroline Morton, (Dec. 7, 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 |
|---|---|
| 103006007 | Unilateral headache |
| 103007003 | Headache due to external compression of head |
| 103010005 | Headache associated with sexual activity |
| 103011009 | Benign exertional headache |
| 1119294003 | Unilateral headache on left side of head |
| 1119295002 | Unilateral headache on right side of head |
| 121021000119105 | New daily persistent headache |
| 122711000119109 | Hypnic headache |
| 122731000119104 | Primary thunderclap headache |
| 124001000119104 | Status migrainosus co-occurrent and due to migraine without aura |
| 124081000119107 | Menstrual status migrainosus |
| 124171000119105 | Chronic intractable migraine without aura |
| 128187005 | Vascular headache |
| 13155005 | Infection caused by Elaeophora schneideri |
| 139490008 | Headache |
| 139568005 | Headache site |
| 139570001 | Generalised headache |
| 139571002 | Unilateral headache |
| 139572009 | Bilateral headache |
| 139573004 | Frontal headache |
| 139574005 | Occipital headache |
| 139575006 | Parietal headache |
| 139576007 | Temporal headache |
| 139577003 | Headache site NOS |
| 139578008 | Headache character |
| 139579000 | Aching headache |
| 139580002 | Throbbing headache |
| 139581003 | Shooting headache |
| 139583000 | Headache character NOS |
| 145611000119107 | Allergic migraine |
| 154931007 | Tension-type headache |
| 155046006 | Migraine |
| 155047002 | Migraine with aura |
| 155048007 | (Cluster headaches) or (migrainous neuralgia) or (migraine NOS) |
| 158296002 | [D]Headache |
| 158298001 | [D]Pain in head NOS |
| 162209005 | Headache (& [C/O]) |
| 162210000 | Sinus headache |
| 162211001 | Viral headache |
| 162297001 | Headache site |
| 162299003 | Generalized headache |
| 162300006 | Unilateral headache |
| 162301005 | Bilateral headache |
| 162302003 | (Frontal headache) or (pain in sinuses) |
| 162304002 | Parietal headache |
| 162305001 | Headache site NOS |
| 162306000 | Headache character |
| 162307009 | Aching headache |
| 162308004 | Throbbing headache |
| 162309007 | Shooting headache |
| 162310002 | Morning headache |
| 162312005 | Headache character NOS |
| 17300000 | Cervicocranial syndrome |
| 192028000 | Headache: [muscular] or [tension] |
| 192435004 | [X] Somatoform pain disorder (& [persistent] or [psychalgia] or [psychogenic backache] or [psychogenic headache]) |
| 193027003 | Atypical migraine |
| 193028008 | Sick headache |
| 193029000 | Common migraine NOS |
| 193030005 | Migraine variants |
| 193031009 | Cluster headache syndrome |
| 193032002 | Cluster headache syndrome |
| 193033007 | Ophthalmic migraine |
| 193034001 | Cluster headache syndrome |
| 193035000 | Tension-type headache |
| 193036004 | Migraine variant NOS |
| 193037008 | Other forms of migraine |
| 193038003 | Status migrainosus |
| 193039006 | Complicated migraine |
| 193041007 | Migraine NOS |
| 193085009 | [X]Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified |
| 194493009 | [X]Other migraine |
| 194494003 | [X]Other specified headache syndromes |
| 194500004 | [X]Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified |
| 198407008 | (Premenstrual tension syndrome) or (migraine - menstrual) |
| 198438009 | Menopausal headache |
| 203861000000109 | Medication overuse headache |
| 206946005 | [D]Headache |
| 206948006 | ([D]Pain: (in head NOS) or (jaw)) |
| 211591000000104 | Medication overuse headache |
| 230461009 | Headache disorder |
| 230462002 | Migraine with typical aura |
| 230463007 | Migraine with prolonged aura |
| 230464001 | Non-familial hemiplegic migraine |
| 230465000 | Migraine aura without headache |
| 230467008 | Status migrainosus |
| 230468003 | Migraine with ischemic complication |
| 230469006 | Tension-type headache |
| 230470007 | Episodic tension-type headache |
| 230471006 | Chronic tension-type headache |
| 230472004 | Episodic cluster headache |
| 230473009 | Chronic cluster headache |
| 230474003 | Chronic cluster headache unremitting from onset |
| 230475002 | Chronic cluster headache evolved from episodic cluster headache |
| 230476001 | Atypical cluster headache |
| 230478000 | Low pressure headache |
| 230481005 | Idiopathic stabbing headache |
| 23096007 | Cranial neuralgia |
| 23186000 | Menstrual migraine |
| 232284007 | Migrainous vertigo |
| 248661000000105 | Increased frequency of headaches |
| 25064002 | Headache |
| 26150009 | Lower half migraine |
| 267096005 | Frontal headache |
| 267699004 | (Cluster headaches) or (migrainous neuralgia) or (migraine NOS) |
| 271329006 | [D]Pain in head NOS |
| 272027003 | Complaining of a headache |
| 279016001 | Cervicogenic headache |
| 290531000119102 | Intractable chronic tension headache |
| 294031000119103 | Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 301365009 | Pain of head and neck region |
| 301401001 | Tenderness of head and neck region |
| 330007 | Occipital headache |
| 338091000000104 | Benign coital headache |
| 364627004 | Characteristics of pain of head and neck region |
| 364628009 | Characteristic of headache |
| 364760007 | Finding of headache character |
| 366967004 | Sinus headache |
| 367191001 | Sinus headache |
| 37796009 | Migraine |
| 38823002 | Aural headache |
| 395602009 | Headache disorder |
| 395603004 | Benign coital headache |
| 395688005 | Benign coital headache |
| 398057008 | Tension-type headache |
| 398126006 | Muscular headache |
| 400601000000103 | [D]Pain in head NOS |
| 414001000000101 | [X] Somatoform pain disorder (& [persistent] or [psychalgia] or [psychogenic backache] or [psychogenic headache]) |
| 41413006 | Temporal headache |
| 423279000 | Refractory migraine without aura |
| 423683008 | Refractory migraine with aura |
| 423894005 | Refractory migraine |
| 424699007 | Migraine variants, not intractable |
| 425007008 | Migraine without aura, not refractory |
| 425365009 | Refractory migraine variants |
| 425936006 | Intractable ophthalmic migraine |
| 427419006 | Transformed migraine |
| 429051000000106 | [D]Pain in head NOS |
| 431237007 | Chronic headache disorder |
| 43242008 | Drug withdrawal headache |
| 443094001 | Paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 443095000 | Hemicrania continua |
| 443341000000106 | ([D]Pain: (in head NOS) or (jaw)) |
| 444251000000103 | [X]Other migraine |
| 4448006 | Allergic headache |
| 445322004 | Migraine variant with headache |
| 44538002 | Nasal headache |
| 445511002 | Orthostatic headache |
| 4473006 | Migraine with aura |
| 456201000000105 | [X]Other specified headache syndromes |
| 466441000000100 | [X]Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified |
| 467691000000105 | [X]Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified |
| 48780006 | Cranial neuritis |
| 49605003 | Ophthalmoplegic migraine |
| 4969004 | Sinus headache |
| 497101000000107 | [D]Headache |
| 508421000000101 | Chronic headache disorder |
| 509691000000108 | Cervicogenic headache |
| 510201000000105 | Chronic headache disorder |
| 538741000000109 | Headache character NOS |
| 55865003 | Cluster headache |
| 56097005 | Migraine without aura |
| 571000119103 | Daily headache |
| 583651000000101 | Migraine NOS |
| 585561000000103 | Headache site NOS |
| 59292006 | Hemiplegic migraine |
| 603711000000104 | Common migraine NOS |
| 603721000000105 | Migraine variant NOS |
| 644011000000107 | Other forms of migraine |
| 66551002 | Psychogenic headache |
| 698803006 | Medication overuse headache |
| 699314009 | Migraine with persistent visual aura |
| 712826000 | Intermittent headache |
| 712831003 | Frequent headache |
| 722981005 | Infrequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 722982003 | Frequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 724429004 | Stroke co-occurrent with migraine |
| 735938006 | Acute headache |
| 756661000000103 | Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 762592003 | Chronic primary headache |
| 784541000000101 | Infrequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 785021000000100 | Paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 785471000000105 | Frequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 79267007 | Retinal migraine |
| 808291000000103 | Infrequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 808321000000108 | Frequent episodic tension-type headache |
| 808331000000105 | Chronic tension-type headache |
| 808351000000103 | Paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 808361000000100 | Benign cough headache |
| 808371000000107 | Benign exertion headache |
| 808511000000105 | Headache associated with sexual activity |
| 83351003 | Basilar migraine |
| 85641006 | Hemianencephaly |
| 86925001 | Ocular headache |
| 95653008 | Acute confusional migraine |
| 95654002 | Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania |
| 95655001 | Ophthalmic migraine |
| 95656000 | Familial hemiplegic migraine |
| 95657009 | Chronic mixed headache syndrome |
| 95658004 | Cough headache syndrome |
| 95660002 | Thunderclap headache |
Codes not in the full codelist are in faint grey.