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. 2012 Jul 13;345:e4447. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4447

Table 1.

 Read codes for breast cancer used to define primary outcome

Read code Diagnosis
B34..00 Malignant neoplasm of female breast
B34..11 Ca female breast
B340.00 Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola of female breast
B340000 Malignant neoplasm of nipple of female breast
B340100 Malignant neoplasm of areola of female breast
B340z00 Malignant neoplasm of nipple or areola of female breast NOS
B341.00 Malignant neoplasm of central part of female breast
B342.00 Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of female breast
B343.00 Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of female breast
B344.00 Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of female breast
B345.00 Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of female breast
B346.00 Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of female breast
B347.00 Malignant neoplasm, overlapping lesion of breast
B34y.00 Malignant neoplasm of other site of female breast
B34y000 Malignant neoplasm of ectopic site of female breast
B34yz00 Malignant neoplasm of other site of female breast NOS
B34z.00 Malignant neoplasm of female breast NOS
B83..00 Carcinoma in situ of breast and genitourinary system
B830.00 Carcinoma in situ of breast
B830000 Lobular carcinoma in situ of breast
B830100 Intraductal carcinoma in situ of breast
BB9..00 [M] Ductal, lobular, and medullary neoplasms
BB90.00 [M] Intraductal carcinoma, non-infiltrating NOS
BB91.00 [M] Infiltrating duct carcinoma
BB91.11 [M] Duct carcinoma NOS
BB91000 [M] Intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with invasion
BB91100 [M] Infiltrating duct and lobular carcinoma
BB92.00 [M] Comedocarcinoma, non-infiltrating
BB93.00 [M] Comedocarcinoma NOS
BB94.00 [M] Juvenile breast carcinoma
BB94.11 [M] Secretory breast carcinoma
BB9B.00 [M] Medullary carcinoma NOS
BB9B.11 [M] C cell carcinoma
BB9C.00 [M] Medullary carcinoma with amyloid stroma
BB9E.00 [M] Lobular carcinoma in situ
BB9E000 [M] Intraductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma in situ
BB9F.00 [M] Lobular carcinoma NOS
BB9G.00 [M] Infiltrating ductular carcinoma
BB9H.00 [M] Inflammatory carcinoma
BB9J.00 [M] Paget’s disease, mammary
BB9J.11 [M] Paget’s disease, breast
BB9K.00 [M] Paget’s disease and infiltrating breast duct carcinoma
BB9K000 [M] Paget’s disease and intraductal carcinoma of breast
BB9L.00 [M] Paget’s disease, extramammary, excluding Paget’s disease bone
BB9M.00 [M] Intracystic carcinoma NOS
BB9z.00 [M] Ductal, lobular, or medullary neoplasm NOS

M= morphology of neoplasms; NOS=not otherwise specified.