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Table 1 ICPC coded symptoms and diseases

From: Inter-practice variation in diagnosing hypertension and diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study in general practice

Hypertension

Diabetes mellitus

Symptoms of cardiovascular disease (K01-K29)1

 

Ischemic heart disease with angina (K74)

Ischemic heart disease with angina (K74)

Heart failure (K77)

Heart failure (K77)

Stroke/cerebro-vasculair accident (K90)

Stroke/cerebro-vasculair accident (K90)

Atherosclerosis/PVD (K92)

Atherosclerosis/PVD (K92)

 

Hypertension2

 

Excessive thirst (T01)

Obesity (T82)

Obesity (T82)

Overweight (T83)

Overweight (T83)

Lipid disorder (T93)

Lipid disorder (T93)

 

Retinopathy (F83)

Renal disease (symptoms or chronic disease)3

Renal disease (symptoms or chronic disease)3

Diabetes mellitus2

 
  1. 1 At least one of the following symptoms: Heart pain (K01), Pressure/Tightness of heart (K02), Cardiovascular pain not otherwise specified (K03), Palpitations/awareness of heart (K04), Irregular heartbeat other (K05), Prominent veins (K06), Swollen ankles/oedema (K07), Fear of heart disease (K24), Fear of hypertension (K25), Fear of cardiovascular disease other (K27), Limited function/disability (K28), Cardiovascular symptoms/complaints other (K29).
  2. 2 As described in section 'Classification of hypertension and diabetes mellitus'
  3. 3 At least one of the following symptoms/diseases: Pyelonephritis/pyelitis (U70), Malignant neoplasm of kidney (U75), Malignant neoplasm of bladder (U76), Malignant neoplasm urinary other (U77), Neoplasm urinary tract not otherwise specified (U79), Injury urinary tract (U80), Congenital anomaly urinary tract (U85), Glomerulonephritis/nephrosis (U88), Urinary calculus (U90), Abnormal urine test not otherwise specified (U98), Urinary disease other (U99)