Table 1.

List of anti‐asthmatic drugs (ATC‐codes) and primary diagnoses (ICD10)

Anti‐asthmatic drugs (ATC‐codes) used to identify children with potential asthma:
R03BA inhaled corticosteroid
R03BA01 beclometasone
R03BA02 budesonide
R03BA05 fluticasone
R03BA07 mometasonfuroat
R03AC short‐ and long acting Beta2 agonist (minus liquid)
R03AC02 salbutamol
R03CC02 salbutamol
R03AC03 terbutaline
R03CC03 terbutalin
R03AC04 fenoterol
R03AC12 salmeterol
R03CC12 bambuterol
R03AC13 formoterol
R03DC leukotrien receptor antagonist
R03DC03 montelukast
R03AK kombinationspræparater
R03AK06 fluticasonpropionat, salmeterol
R03AK07 budesonid, formoterol
Link: http://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/

Primary diagnoses (ICD10) used for identifying children with asthma in the hospital specialist outpatient clinics:
J45 asthma
J45.0 allergic asthma
J45.1 nonallergic asthma
J45.8 mixed asthma
J45.9 asthma, unspecified
J46.9 status asthmaticus
Z038 + one of the codes above as secondary diagnosis