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Diagnosis concept

Laceration of forearm

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
283371005
  • 337 patients
  • 3.0% of all patients
  • #101 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 340 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

procedure concept Suture open wound
340 procedures
procedure concept Injection of tetanus antitoxin
71 procedures

Counted over the prescriptions and procedures that recorded this diagnosis as their reason.

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Laceration - injury
100% of these patients· 13% of all patients
diagnosis concept Malignant neoplasm of base of tongue
2% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Appendicitis
2% of these patients· 1% of all patients

Of the 337 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Laceration of forearm: median 35 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 337 patients in all; the largest group is 10 to 19 with 57; Laceration of forearm: median 35 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 20 40 0 to 9: 44 patients 10 to 19: 57 patients 20 to 29: 47 patients 30 to 39: 53 patients 40 to 49: 44 patients 50 to 59: 49 patients 60 to 69: 24 patients 70 to 79: 8 patients 80 to 89: 7 patients 90 and over: 4 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 35 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 10 to 19 hold the most, 57 patients. A few first diagnoses are back-dated into infancy, and some conditions are handed an age by the decade, which draws a spike rather than a spread.

How long it stays on the record

How long it stays on the record Bar chart. How long it stays on the record. 7 categories; the largest is up to a month with 339 episodes. no end recorded: 1 episode no end recorded 1 a week or less: 0 episodes a week or less 0 up to a month: 339 episodes up to a month 339 up to three months: 0 episodes up to three months 0 up to a year: 0 episodes up to a year 0 one to five years: 0 episodes one to five years 0 over five years: 0 episodes over five years 0
up to a month, more than any other. 340 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.