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Diagnosis concept

Pulmonary emphysema

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Code
87433001
  • 168 patients
  • 1.5% of all patients
  • #151 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 168 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

procedure concept Spirometry
2,160 procedures

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

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Died in hospice
9% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Malignant neoplasm of parotid gland
4% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Developmental odontogenic cysts
5% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Retained dental root
4% of these patients· 1% of all patients

Of the 168 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Pulmonary emphysema: median 37 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 168 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 49; Pulmonary emphysema: median 37 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 20 40 10 to 19: 6 patients 20 to 29: 49 patients 30 to 39: 38 patients 40 to 49: 39 patients 50 to 59: 19 patients 60 to 69: 14 patients 70 to 79: 1 patient 90 and over: 2 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 37 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 49 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 no end recorded with 168 episodes. no end recorded: 168 episodes no end recorded 168 a week or less: 0 episodes a week or less 0 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
168 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.