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. 2014 Sep 4;37(11):945–959. doi: 10.1007/s40264-014-0214-3

Table 2.

Top 10 conditions and procedures with mapped concept description and prevalence in the CPRD OMOP CDM

Domain Source code/description SNOMED-CT Prevalence (patients with source code/all patients in database)
Condition H05z.00 Upper respiratory infection NOS Acute upper respiratory infection 12.3
Condition H05z.11 Upper respiratory tract infection NOS Acute upper respiratory infection 9.6
Condition H03..00 Acute tonsillitis Acute tonsillitis 8.2
Condition H06z011 Chest infection Lower respiratory tract infection 8.2
Condition H06z000 Chest infection NOS Lower respiratory tract infection 6.9
Condition N131.00 Cervicalgia: pain in neck Nonspecific pain in the neck region 6.7
Condition N142.11 Low back pain Low back pain 6.6
Condition N245.17 Shoulder pain Shoulder pain 6.2
Condition H33..00 Asthma Hyperreactive airway disease 5.7
Condition G20..00 Essential hypertension Essential hypertension 5.5
Procedure 535..00 Standard chest X-ray Plain chest X-ray 8.4
Procedure 3395.00 Peak expiratory flow rate: PEFR/PFR PEFR: peak expiratory flow rate 6.7
Procedure 7305011 Syringe ear to remove wax Syringing ear to remove wax 5.9
Procedure 81H..00 Dressing of wound Dressing of wound 5.6
Procedure 6637.00 Inhaler technique observed Inhaler technique observed 4.8
Procedure 662..12 Hypertension monitoring Hypertension monitoring 4.5
Procedure 8C1B.00 Nursing care blood sample taken Blood sample taken 4.3
Procedure 7L17200 Blood withdrawal for testing Taking blood sample 4
Procedure 7L17.00 Blood withdrawal Phlebotomy 3.7
Procedure 663..11 Asthma monitoring Asthma monitoring 3.3

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