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Diagnosis concept

Chronic pain

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Code
82423001
  • 2,694 patients
  • 24% of all patients
  • #20 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 2,694 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Chronic low back pain
74% of these patients· 18% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic neck pain
48% of these patients· 11% of all patients
diagnosis concept Fibromyalgia
10% of these patients· 2% of all patients
diagnosis concept Transformed migraine
3% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic intractable migraine without aura
14% of these patients· 4% of all patients

Of the 2,694 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Chronic pain: median 31 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 2,694 patients in all; the largest group is 10 to 19 with 834; Chronic pain: median 31 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 500 10 to 19: 834 patients 20 to 29: 468 patients 30 to 39: 384 patients 40 to 49: 434 patients 50 to 59: 291 patients 60 to 69: 166 patients 70 to 79: 76 patients 80 to 89: 20 patients 90 and over: 21 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 31 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 10 to 19 hold the most, 834 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 2,694 episodes. no end recorded: 2,694 episodes no end recorded 2,694 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
2,694 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.