Metadata

Name Giant Cell arteritis
Type Disease or Syndrome
Group Musculoskeletal
Data Sources

Clinical Terminologies Read Version 2
ICD-10
Codelists kuan_GCA_5WMaNT9xc6YnhKUBzE877r_Read2.csv kuan_GCA_5WMaNT9xc6YnhKUBzE877r_ICD10.csv
Valid Event Data Range 01/01/1999 - 01/07/2016
Sex Female
Male
Authors Kuan V, Denaxas S, Gonzalez-Izquierdo A, Direk K, Bhatti O, Husain S, Sutaria S, Hingorani M, Nitsch D, Parisinos C, Lumbers T, Mathur R, Sofat R, Casas JP, Wong I, Hemingway H, Hingorani A
Agreement Date 20 May 2019
Version (UUID) 1 (5WMaNT9xc6YnhKUBzE877r)

Primary care

Disease Readcode Medcode ReadcodeDescr Category
Giant Cell arteritis G755000 9843.0 Cranial arteritis Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis G755100 3275.0 Temporal arteritis Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis G755200 49149.0 Horton's disease Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis G755.00 10432.0 Giant cell arteritis Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis G755z00 68403.0 Giant cell arteritis NOS Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis N200.00 29472.0 Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis Nyu4100 53789.0 [X]Other giant cell arteritis Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis

Secondary care

Diagnoses

Disease ICD10code ICD10codeDescr Category
Giant Cell arteritis M31.5 Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis
Giant Cell arteritis M31.6 Other giant cell arteritis Diagnosis of Giant Cell arteritis

Implementation

At the specified date, a patient is defined as having had 'Giant Cell arteritis' IF they meet the criteria for any of the following on or before the specified date. The earliest date on which the individual meets any of the following criteria on or before the specified date is defined as the first event date:

Primary care
1. 'Giant Cell arteritis' diagnosis or history of diagnosis during a consultation 
OR
Secondary care (ICD10)
1. ALL diagnoses of 'Giant Cell arteritis' or history of diagnosis during a hospitalization

Publications

Kuan V., Denaxas S., Gonzalez-Izquierdo A. et al. A chronological map of 308 physical and mental health conditions from 4 million individuals in the National Health Service. The Lancet Digital Health - DOI 10.1016/S2589-7500(19)30012-3