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Diagnosis concept

Hyperlipidemia

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
55822004
  • 1,076 patients
  • 9.5% of all patients
  • #46 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 1,076 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

medication concept Simvastatin 10 MG Oral Tablet
9,815 prescriptions

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

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Tricuspid valve regurgitation
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic periodontitis, generalized, severe
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Osteoporotic fracture of bone
6% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Anodontia
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Benign neoplasm of lip
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients

Of the 1,076 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Hyperlipidemia: median 52 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 1,076 patients in all; the largest group is 40 to 49 with 437; Hyperlipidemia: median 52 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 200 400 40 to 49: 437 patients 50 to 59: 358 patients 60 to 69: 188 patients 70 to 79: 91 patients 80 to 89: 2 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 52 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 40 to 49 hold the most, 437 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 1,076 episodes. no end recorded: 1,076 episodes no end recorded 1,076 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
1,076 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.