Symptoms: loss of taste or smell
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-loss-of-taste-or-smell
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Version ID
- 19c46b98
Versions
About
Description
Code list aiming to identify individuals consulting complaining of loss or change in taste and/or smell.
Methodology
Identified from intial search terms outside of OpenCodelists: "taste" "smell" "anosmia" "hyposmia" ageusia" "hypogeusia" "olfact" parageusia" "odour" "odor"
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 codes related to disordered taste/smell (as well as absent taste/smell) as there are reports of continuing change in taste/smell post COVID. Excluded all secondary taste/smell disorders, as indicate known cause. Retained codes relating to taste loss in anterior/posterior thirds of the tongue, as unclear yet whether taste loss post covid is related to neurological pathology.
Signed off by
- Kate Mansfield, (Dec. 14, 2022)
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| code | term |
|---|---|
| 110365009 | Aftertaste |
| 11193009 | Metallic taste |
| 112105008 | Sense of smell altered |
| 112107000 | Primary bitter taste disorder |
| 12869004 | Primary salt taste disorder |
| 129820002 | Olfactory alteration |
| 139277004 | Loss of taste (& symptom) |
| 139523002 | Loss of sense of smell |
| 141253006 | O/E -taste loss ant.2/3 tongue |
| 141254000 | O/E-taste loss post 1/3 tongue |
| 141284008 | O/E - anosmia |
| 158190002 | [D]Smell and taste disorder |
| 158191003 | [D]Anosmia |
| 158193000 | [D]Parageusia |
| 158194006 | [D]Smell or taste disorder NOS |
| 162012003 | Loss of taste (& [C/O -]) |
| 162254006 | Anosmia (& C/O) |
| 164055003 | On examination - taste loss anterior 2/3 tongue |
| 164056002 | On examination - taste loss posterior 1/3 tongue |
| 164085008 | On examination - smell abnormal |
| 164086009 | On examination - anosmia |
| 1932001 | Primary taste disorder |
| 206812005 | [D]Smell and taste disorder |
| 206813000 | [D]Anosmia |
| 206815007 | [D]Parageusia |
| 206816008 | [D]Smell or taste disorder NOS |
| 207608007 | [X]Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste |
| 230501005 | Loss of sense of smell |
| 230503008 | Mucosal anosmia |
| 247318005 | Abnormal taste in mouth |
| 247320008 | Things smell different |
| 247321007 | Unusual smell in nose |
| 25974002 | Glossopharyngeal taste function |
| 267164004 | Loss of taste (& symptom) |
| 271800001 | Sense of smell altered |
| 271801002 | Taste sense altered |
| 272028008 | Complaining of anosmia |
| 272029000 | C/O - loss of smell sense (context-dependent category) |
| 272041007 | Complaining of loss of taste sense |
| 274655002 | [X]Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste |
| 275462005 | Disorder of smell |
| 285186006 | Unable to recognize odors |
| 299899002 | Problem of sense of smell |
| 299900007 | Sense of smell normal |
| 302188001 | Bad taste in mouth |
| 316048004 | [V]Problem with smell or taste |
| 34680005 | Primary sweet taste disorder |
| 348083004 | Primary taste disorder |
| 349084003 | Unpleasant taste in mouth |
| 362967002 | Disorder of olfactory system |
| 366959007 | Bad taste in mouth |
| 367184004 | Bad taste in mouth |
| 36955009 | Loss of taste |
| 37481009 | Anterior tongue taste disorder |
| 390891000000102 | [D]Smell or taste disorder NOS |
| 399993004 | Disorder of taste |
| 40307005 | Primary acid taste disorder |
| 412591000000106 | [D]Smell or taste disorder NOS |
| 417541000000103 | [V]Problem with smell or taste |
| 44169009 | Loss of sense of smell |
| 443041000000108 | [X]Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste |
| 470091000000105 | [X]Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste |
| 496081000000103 | [D]Smell and taste disorder |
| 496091000000101 | [D]Anosmia |
| 496111000000106 | [D]Parageusia |
| 57791006 | Taste-blindness |
| 57948007 | Agnosia for taste |
| 66073004 | Glossopharyngeal taste disorder |
| 697990000 | Hypogeusia |
| 697992008 | Hemiageusia |
| 698002002 | Loss of taste anterior two thirds of tongue |
| 699220008 | Phantom taste |
| 702531002 | Loss of taste posterior one third of tongue |
| 83156004 | Sense of smell impaired |
| 8480004 | Agnosia for smell |
Codes not in the full codelist are in faint grey.