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Diagnosis concept

Appendicitis

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
74400008
  • 119 patients
  • 1.1% of all patients
  • #174 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 119 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

procedure concept Excision of appendix
119 procedures

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

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Rupture of appendix
32% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept History of appendectomy
100% of these patients· 5% of all patients
diagnosis concept Sleep apnea
4% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Epilepsy
5% of these patients· 2% of all patients
diagnosis concept Laceration of forearm
7% of these patients· 3% of all patients

Of the 119 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Appendicitis: median 30 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 119 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 27; Appendicitis: median 30 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 10 20 0 to 9: 14 patients 10 to 19: 15 patients 20 to 29: 27 patients 30 to 39: 22 patients 40 to 49: 17 patients 50 to 59: 20 patients 60 to 69: 2 patients 70 to 79: 1 patient 80 to 89: 1 patient 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 30 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 27 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 a week or less with 119 episodes. no end recorded: 0 episodes no end recorded 0 a week or less: 119 episodes a week or less 119 up to a month: 0 episodes up to a month 0 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
119 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.