Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions



Coding system
ICD-10
Coding system release
unknown
Codelist ID
user/mgreen/ambulatory-care-sensitive-conditions
Version ID
1b9d1a9e

Versions
  • 1b9d1a9e

Description

Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) are conditions resulting in a hospital visit (to any department) where the underlying reason (health condition) could have been treated in the community rather than requiring treatment at a hospital (i.e., hospitalisation is potentially avoidable or preventable).

Methodology

Codes were taken from NHS Digital (see https://web.archive.org/web/20210517160816/https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-tools-and-services/data-services/innovative-uses-of-data/demand-on-healthcare/ambulatory-care-sensitive-conditions)


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
A35 Other tetanus
A36 Diphtheria
A37 Whooping cough
A69 Other spirochaetal infections
A80 Acute poliomyelitis
B05 Measles
B06 Rubella [German measles]
B16 Acute hepatitis B
B18 Chronic viral hepatitis
B26 Mumps
D50 Iron deficiency anaemia
E10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus
E11 Type 2 diabetes mellitus
E12 Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus
E13 Other specified diabetes mellitus
E14 Unspecified diabetes mellitus
E40 Kwashiorkor
E41 Nutritional marasmus
E42 Marasmic kwashiorkor
E43 Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition
E55 Vitamin D deficiency
E64 Sequelae of malnutrition and other nutritional deficiencies
E86 Volume depletion
G00 Bacterial meningitis, not elsewhere classified
G40 Epilepsy
G41 Status epilepticus
H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere
I10 Essential (primary) hypertension
I11 Hypertensive heart disease
I20 Angina pectoris
I24 Other acute ischaemic heart diseases
I50 Heart failure
J02 Acute pharyngitis
J03 Acute tonsillitis
J06 Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites
J10 Influenza due to identified seasonal influenza virus
J11 Influenza, virus not identified
J13 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
J14 Pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae
J15 Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
J16 Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified
J18 Pneumonia, organism unspecified
J20 Acute bronchitis
J31 Chronic rhinitis, nasopharyngitis and pharyngitis
J41 Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis
J42 Unspecified chronic bronchitis
J43 Emphysema
J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
J45 Asthma
J46 Status asthmaticus
J47 Bronchiectasis
J81 Pulmonary oedema
K02 Dental caries
K03 Other diseases of hard tissues of teeth
K04 Diseases of pulp and periapical tissues
K05 Gingivitis and periodontal diseases
K06 Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
K08 Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures
K09 Cysts of oral region, not elsewhere classified
K12 Stomatitis and related lesions
K13 Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa
K25 Gastric ulcer
K26 Duodenal ulcer
K27 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified
K28 Gastrojejunal ulcer
K52 Other noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
L03 Cellulitis
L04 Acute lymphadenitis
L08 Other local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue
L88 Pyoderma gangrenosum
L98 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
N10 Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis
N11 Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis
N12 Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not specified as acute or chronic
N13 Obstructive and reflux uropathy
N70 Salpingitis and oophoritis
N73 Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases
N74 Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
O15 Eclampsia
R02 Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
R56 Convulsions, not elsewhere classified

Codes not in the full codelist are in faint grey.