Changes in hyperglycaemia-related testing for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus management: a prospective, cross-sectional survey of 16 years of general practice data from Australia

Table 1 Terminology

Terms used in this paper		ICPC-2 PLUS Code	Term/label	Clinical correlates
Prediabetes		A91011 A91012 A91035 A91016 A91028	Prediabetes abnormal glucose tolerance test impaired fasting glycaemia increased blood sugar insulin resistance	Prediabetes, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT)
T2DM		T90^a	Diabetes, non-insulin dependent	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, late onset diabetes, and diabetes not otherwise specified
Hyperglycaemia-related tests	Glucose-related tests	T34005 T34026 T34009 T34025 T34009	Glucose Glucose random Glucose challenging Glucose fasting Glucose tolerance	Blood glucose test, not specified Random blood glucose test Glucose challenge test Fasting blood glucose test Oral glucose tolerance test
	HbA1c test	T34010	HbA1c	Glycosylated haemoglobin test
	Insulin tests	T34019	Insulin	Insulin (fasting or random) test

^aT90 is the ICPC-2 rubric for Diabetes, non-insulin dependent. This will include all ICPC-2 PLUS terms related to T2DM

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