Table 1.
The most frequently used Read codes to record consultations per symptom and diagnosis category
| Symptom (n = 354) | Diagnosis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trauma (n = 175) | Non-trauma (n = 21) | ||||
| Read term (Read code) | No. of consultations (%) | Read term (Read code) | No. of consultations (%) | Read term (Read code) | No. of consultations (%) |
| Knee pain (1 M10) | 177 (32.2) | Other knee injury (SK170) | 97 (17.6) | Synovitis of knee (N220z, N220V) | 5 (0.9) |
| Anterior knee pain (N094W) | 66 (12.0) | Knee sprain (S54, S54y) |
21 (3.8) | Chondromalacia patellae (N074) | 4 (0.7) |
| Arthralgia of knee (N094M) | 59 (10.7) | Patella-recurrent dislocation (N0836, N083p) | 19 (3.5) | Infrapatella bursitis (N2166) | 2 (0.4) |
| Knee joint pain (N0946) | 32 (5.8) | Dislocation of knee NOS (S46z) | 8 (1.5) | Prepatellar bursitis (N2165) | 2 (0.4) |
| Swollen knee (16J4) | 8 (1.5) | Open #-sublux knee joint (S4F3) | 8 (1.5) | Disorder of patella unspecified (N09AX) | 2 (0.4) |
| Clicking knee (N099C) | 4 (0.7) | Fracture patella (S32) |
7 (1.3) | Illiotibial band bursitis (N2159) | 1 (0.2) |
| Effusion of knee (N090M) | 3 (0.5) | Contusion knee (SE411, SE412) | 6 (1.1) | Patellofemoral maltracking (N07Y6) | 1 (0.2) |
| Locked knee (N07Y5) | 3 (0.5) | Haemarthrosis of the knee (N0916) | 3 (0.5) | Knee arthritis NOS (N0626) | 1 (0.2) |
| Knee gives way (N0966) | 1 (0.2) | Acute meniscal tear (S460, S462) | 2 (0.4) | Patellar tendinitis (N2164) | 1 (0.2) |
| Other symptoms knee (N096M) | 1 (0.2) | Meniscus derangement NEC (N082) | 1 (0.2) | Discoid lateral meniscus (N071B) | 1 (0.2) |
| - | - | Superficial injury of knee NOS (SD6y2) | 1 (0.2) | Reactive arthropathy of knee (N01wB) | 1 (0.2) |
| - | - | Open wound of knee (SA100) | 1 (0.2) | - | - |
| - | - | Degloving injury knee (SA130) | 1 (0.2) | - | - |