Metadata

Name Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Type Disease or Syndrome
Group Musculoskeletal
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 (hW5RYaJDLhn68qBLn6t5vp)

Primary care

Disease Readcode Medcode ReadcodeDescr Category
Polymyalgia Rheumatica N200.00 29472.0 Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Polymyalgia Rheumatica N20..00 1408.0 Polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Polymyalgia Rheumatica N20..11 3042.0 Polymyalgia Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Secondary care

Diagnoses

Disease ICD10code ICD10codeDescr Category
Polymyalgia Rheumatica M31.5 Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Polymyalgia Rheumatica M35.3 Polymyalgia rheumatica Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Implementation

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