Table 2.
Read and OXMIS codes used to define sore throat, upper respiratory tract infection, chest infections, and otitis media
| Disease and Read/OXMIS codes | Description |
|---|---|
| Sore throat | |
| 0340 | SORE THROAT STREPTOCOCCAL |
| 0340A | B-HAEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGIT |
| 0340B | SORE THROAT STREPTOCOCCAL PROVEN |
| 0340BP | PHARYNGITIS STREPTOCOCCAL PROVEN |
| 0340BT | STREPTOCOCCAL TONSILLITIS PROVEN |
| 0340P | PHARYNGITIS STREPTOCOCCAL |
| 0340PN | PHARYNGITIS SEPTIC |
| 0340T | STREPTOCOCCAL TONSILLITIS |
| 0799B | THROAT VIRUS |
| 460 AN | ACUTE FEBRILE NASOPHARYNGITIS |
| 460 DN | NASOPHARYNGITIS |
| 460 RN | RHINOPHARYNGITIS |
| 462 AB | PHARYNGITIS |
| 462 AC | SCRATCHY THROAT |
| 462 AR | SORE THROAT |
| 462 AV | PHARYNGITIS VIRAL |
| 462 C | ACUTE PHARYNGITIS |
| 462 CT | SORE THROAT ACUTE |
| 462 F | PHARYNGITIS FEBRILE |
| 463 | ACUTE TONSILLITIS |
| 463 A | TONSILLITIS |
| 463 AP | PHARYNGO TONSILLITIS |
| 463 B | FOLLICULAR TONSILLITIS |
| 463 BC | TONSILLITIS BACTERIAL |
| 463 MP | TONSILS SYMPTOMS OF |
| 463 NF | INFLAMMATION TONSIL |
| 508 E | INFECTION THROAT |
| 508 EA | ACUTE THROAT INFECTION |
| 508 LD | DISCOMFORT LARYNGEAL |
| 1C9..00 | Sore throat symptom |
| 1C9..11 | Throat soreness |
| 1C92.00 | Has a sore throat |
| 1C9Z.00 | Sore throat symptom NOS |
| A340.00 | Streptococcal sore throat |
| A340200 | Streptococcal pharyngitis |
| A340300 | Streptococcal tonsillitis |
| H00..00 | Acute nasopharyngitis |
| H02..00 | Acute pharyngitis |
| H02..11 | Sore throat NOS |
| H02..12 | Viral sore throat NOS |
| H02..13 | Throat infection - pharyngitis |
| H024.00 | Acute viral pharyngitis |
| H02z.00 | Acute pharyngitis NOS |
| H03..00 | Acute tonsillitis |
| H03..11 | Throat infection - tonsillitis |
| H03..12 | Tonsillitis |
| H031.00 | Acute follicular tonsillitis |
| H035.00 | Acute bacterial tonsillitis |
| H03z.00 | Acute tonsillitis NOS |
| Upper respiratory tract infection | |
| 460 A | COMMON COLD FEBRILE |
| 460 AB | COLD FEBRILE |
| 460 B | COMMON COLD NONFEBRILE |
| 460 BA | COLD NONFEBRILE |
| 460 D | COLD (CORYZA) |
| 465 | INFECTION UPPER RESPIRATORY (TRACT) |
| 465 A | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE |
| 465 AA | U R I (UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION) |
| 465 B | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION ACUTE VI |
| H00..11 | Common cold |
| H00..13 | Febrile cold |
| H05..00 | Other acute upper respiratory infections |
| H051.00 | Acute upper respiratory tract infection |
| H05z.00 | Upper respiratory infect.NOS |
| H05z.11 | Upper respiratory tract infection NOS |
| H05z.12 | Viral upper respiratory tract infection NOS |
| Chest infection | |
| 466 BC | BRONCHITIS SUBACUTE |
| 466 C | ACUTE BRONCHITIS |
| 466 D | BRONCHITIS PURULENT |
| 490 C | CHEST COLD |
| 5199E | CHEST INFECTION |
| H060.00 | Acute bronchitis |
| H060.11 | Acute wheezy bronchitis |
| H060300 | Acute purulent bronchitis |
| H062.00 | Acute lower respiratory tract infection |
| H06z000 | Chest infection NOS |
| H06z011 | Chest infection |
| H06z100 | Lower resp tract infection |
| H07..00 | Chest cold |
| Otitis media | |
| 3810 | ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA |
| 3810ML | A L O M (ACUTE LEFT OTITIS MEDIA) |
| 3810MR | A R O M (ACUTE RIGHT OTITIS MEDIA) |
| 3810TP | OTITIS ACUTE SUPPURATIVE |
| 3811AR | OTITIS MEDIA RECURRENT |
| 3811E | BSOM (BILATERAL SUPPURATIVE OTITIS M |
| 3819 | OTITIS MEDIA |
| 3819E | BILATERAL OTITIS MEDIA |
| 3819MP | SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA |
| 3819N | OTITIS |
| 3819TH | HAEMOTYMPANUM |
| F510.00 | Acute non suppurative otitis media |
| F510000 | Acute otitis media with effusion |
| F510011 | Acute secretory otitis media |
| F510100 | Acute serous otitis media |
| F510300 | Acute sanguinous otitis media |
| F510z00 | Acute nonsuppurative otitis media NOS |
| F52..00 | Suppurative otitis media |
| F520.00 | Acute suppurative otitis media |
| F520000 | Acute suppurative otitis media tympanic membrane intact |
| F520100 | Acute suppurative otitis media tympanic membrane ruptured |
| F520z00 | Acute suppurative otitis media NOS |
| F524.00 | Purulent otitis media NOS |
| F524000 | Bilateral supp otitis media |
| F526.00 | Acute left otitis media |
| F527.00 | Acute right otitis media |
| F528.00 | Acute bilateral otitis media |
| F52z.00 | Otitis media NOS |