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This work may be copied freely for non\\-commercial research and study.\n\n", "implementation": null, "publications": null, "validation": null, "citation_requirements": null, "created": "2026-01-26T23:22:00.471232Z", "author": "OpenSAFELY", "collections": [ { "name": "OpenCodelist", "value": 31 }, { "name": "Phenotype Library", "value": 18 } ], "tags": null, "organisation": { "id": 1, "slug": "opensafely", "name": "OpenSAFELY" }, "world_access": 1, "updated": "2026-01-26T23:22:00.461823Z", "references": [ { "url": "https://github.com/opensafely/codelist-development/issues/370", "title": "Github" } ], "signed_off": [], "methodology": "Search term: malabsorption\n\n\nInclusion criteria for codes:\nInclusion of all codes causing chronic malabsorption, including acquired and congenital, as well as generalised malabsorption and malabsorption specific to lipids.\n\n\nExclusion criteria for codes:\nCodes referring to malabsorption of other specific substances which are not lipids (e.g. folate, protein). Codes which may refer to transient malabsorption (e.g. tropical spruce, post\\-infective). 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