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Table 7 Symptoms/diagnoses were defined as any of the following

From: Using read codes to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome in general practice: a database study

Symptom/diagnoses

Read codes

Rubric

Irritable bowel syndrome

14CF.

History of IBS

J521.

IBS

Abdominal pain

196..

Type of gastrointestinal tract pain

197..

Site of gastrointestinal tract pain

R090.

[D] Abdominal pain

Bloating

19A..

Abdominal distension symptom

19B..

Flatulence/wind

R0734

[D] Bloating

Constipation symptom

19C..

Constipation

Functional constipation

J520.

Constipation - functional

Change in bowel habit

19EA.

Change in bowel habit

R078.

[D] Change in bowel habit

Diarrhoea

19F..

Diarrhoea symptoms

19G..

Diarrhoea and vomiting

Functional diarrhoea

J525.

Functional diarrhoea

J43z.

Chronic diarrhoea

J4z..

Presumed noninfectious diarrhoea

Nausea

198..

Nausea

Vomiting

199..

Vomiting

Diarrhoea and vomiting

19G..

Diarrhoea and vomiting

Tenesmus

19D..

Tenesmus symptom

Faeces/motions symptoms

19E..

Faeces/motions -symptoms

GI infection

A0…

Intestinal infectious diseases

Inflammatory bowel disease

J40..

Crohn’s disease

 

J41..

Ulcerative colitis or proctitis