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. 2020 Oct 21;4(10):e16094. doi: 10.2196/16094

Table 3.

Code sets defined in the EBMeDS service.

Concept type and coding system Code sets per concept typea, n (%) Codes per set, median (rangeb)
Diagnosis (n=790)


International



ICD-10c 739 (93.5) 1 (1-53)


ICPC-2d 223 (28.2) 1 (1-26)


ICD-9-CMe 93 (11.8) 1 (1-550)


SNOMED CTf 89 (11.3) 2 (1-36)
Drugs (n=556)


International



ATCg 481 (86.5) 1 (1-245)


SNOMED CT 25 (4.5) 1 (1-2)

National



Read codes (United Kingdom) 17 (3.1) 1 (1-5)
Investigation results (n=317)


International



LOINCh 116 (36.6) 1 (1-8)


Nomenclature for Properties and Units 76 (24.0) 1 (1-9)

National



KL Finnish classification for laboratory investigations 271 (85.5) 2 (1-60)


Read codes (United Kingdom) 25 (7.9) 1 (1-4)

Proprietary EHRi



Meldola Hospital measurement classification (Italy) 54 (17.0) 1 (1-2)


SoSoeMe measurement classification (Belgium) 67 (21.1) 1 (1-3)


Health One measurement classification (Belgium) 63 (19.9) 1 (1-3)
Procedures (n=214)


International



SNOMED CT 8 (3.7) 1 (1-43)


ICD-9-CM 27 (12.6) 1 (1-16)

National



Current Procedural Terminology 17 (7.9) 7 (1-42)


Nordic procedure codes 179 (83.6) 1 (1-468)

Proprietary EHR



Quantros Organization (United States) 7 (3.3) 1 (—j)
Risk factors (n=2)


International



ICD-10 1 (50.0) 1 (—)

Proprietary EHR



Health One measurement classification (Belgium) 1 (50.0) 1 (—)
Vaccines (n=11)


International



ATC 11 (100.0) 1 (1-12)

National



ROKVALM Finnish vaccination codes 9 (90.9) 7.5 (1-19)


ROK Finnish vaccination codes 8 (81.8) 1 (1-7)

aThe proportion of code sets per total number of concepts represents the proportion of clinical concepts for which a set of codes was found that matched the clinical concept.

bMinimum to maximum.

cICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.

dICPC: International Classification of Primary Care.

eICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision–Clinical Modification.

fSNOMED CT: Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine—Clinical Terms.

gATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification.

hLOINC: Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes.

iEHR: electronic health record.

jIndicates that the range is defined by a single value.