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Table 3 Diagnostic codes (SNOMED CT-AU text) comprising at least 1% of all diagnoses for each body region

From: Prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal complaints in primary care: an analysis from the population level and analysis reporting (POLAR) database

 

Number (%) of patients labelled with each diagnostic code by body region

Low back

 Backache

50,284 (46.2)

 Low back pain

12,722 (11.7)

 Intervertebral disc disorder

6,946 (6.4)

 Degeneration of intervertebral disc

6,154 (5.7)

 Chronic back pain

5,559 (5.1)

 Spinal stenosis

3,022 (2.8)

 Scoliosis deformity of spine

2,368 (2.2)

 Fracture of vertebral column

2,237 (2.1)

 Osteoarthritis of lumbar spine

2,054 (1.9)

 Laminectomy

1,781 (1.6)

 Lumbosacral spondylosis

1,439 (1.3)

 Injury of back

1,185 (1.1)

Neck

 Neck pain

7,792 (41.2)

 Cervical spine degeneration

3,806 (20.1)

 Cervical radiculopathy

2,421 (12.8)

 Cervicogenic headache

925 (4.9)

 Cervical disc disorder

755 (4.0)

 Torticollis

603 (3.2)

 Whiplash injury to neck

507 (2.7)

 Cervico-occipital neuralgia

250 (1.3)

 Stiff neck

249 (1.3)

 Injury of cervical spine

225 (1.2)

Shoulder

 Shoulder pain

11,854 (32.1)

 Subacromial bursitis

6,236 (16.9)

 Rotator cuff syndrome

4,355 (11.8)

 Adhesive capsulitis

2,313 (6.3)

 Injury of shoulder region

1,873 (4.8)

 Supraspinatus tear

1,411 (3.8)

 Capsulitis

1,313 (3.6)

 Supraspinatus tendinitis

1,053 (2.9)

 Impingement syndrome of shoulder region

880 (2.4)

 Inflammation of rotator cuff tendon

699 (1.9)

 Total shoulder replacement

639 (1.7)

 Osteoarthritis of shoulder

596 (1.6)

 Arthroscopy of shoulder

569 (1.5)

 Subdeltoid bursitis

566 (1.5)

 Repair of musculotendinous cuff of shoulder

553 (1.5)

 Rupture of tendon of biceps

385 (1.0)

Knee

 Knee pain

12,077 (26.4)

 Total knee replacement

8,699 (19.0)

 Osteoarthritis of knee

8,683 (19.0)

 Arthroscopy of knee

2,870 (6.3)

 Injury of knee

2,201 (4.8)

 Synovial cyst of popliteal space

2,000 (4.4)

 Finding of tear meniscus

1,895 (4.1)

 Tear of meniscus of knee

782 (1.7)

 Acute meniscal tear, medial

719 (1.6)

 Prepatellar bursitis

700 (1.5)

 Tear of medial meniscus of knee

685 (1.5)

 Knee joint effusion

550 (1.2)

 Chondromalacia of patella

514 (1.1)