Metadata

Name Pleural plaque
Type Disease or Syndrome
Group Respiratory
Data Sources

Clinical Terminologies Read Version 2
ICD-10
Codelists
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 (VZNZYH2nuex4dvFUyeUJDs)

Primary care

Disease Readcode Medcode ReadcodeDescr Category
Pleural plaque H410.00 5005.0 Pleural plaque disease due to asbestosis Diagnosis of Pleural plaque
Pleural plaque H410.11 100994.0 Asbestos-induced pleural plaque Diagnosis of Pleural plaque
Pleural plaque H510100 3409.0 Thickening of pleura Diagnosis of Pleural plaque
Pleural plaque H510C00 102492.0 Pleural plaque Diagnosis of Pleural plaque

Secondary care

Diagnoses

Disease ICD10code ICD10codeDescr Category
Pleural plaque J92.0 Pleural plaque with presence of asbestos Diagnosis of Pleural plaque
Pleural plaque J92.9 Pleural plaque without asbestos Diagnosis of Pleural plaque

Implementation

At the specified date, a patient is defined as having had 'Pleural plaque' 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. Other 'Pleural plaque' diagnosis or history of diagnosis during a consultation 
OR
Secondary care (ICD10)
1. ALL diagnoses of 'Pleural plaque' 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