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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": "2026-01-26T23:33:29.303456Z", "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": "2026-01-26T23:33:29.297438Z", "references": [], "signed_off": [], "methodology": "Identified from intial search terms outside of OpenCodelists: \n\"nasal congest\" \"blocked nose\" \"nose block\" \"nose clog\" \"clogged nose\" \"catarrh\" \"rhinitis\" nose congest\" \"coryza\" \"sniffle\" \"snuffle\" \"nasal drip\" \"nasal disch\" \"nasal mucosa\" \"nose drip\" \"rhinorrhoea\" \"rhinorrhea\" \"coryza\" \"congested nose\" \"discharge from nose\" \"stuffed nose\" \"sinus congest\" \"nose run\"\n\n\nClearly irrelevant codes excluded (not reviewed by a second clinician)\n\n\nCandidate codelist uploaded to OpenCodelists for review of candidate codes.\n\n\nExcluded specific rhinitis diagnoses suggesting underlying causes, e.g., atrophic, ulcerative, hypertrophic, fibrinous, granulomatous or membranous rhinitis.\n\n\nExcluded terms specifying purulent nasal discharge, as suggests bacterial cause.\n\n\nRetained terms relating to running nose/rhinorrhoea (except cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea).\n\n", "coding_system": [ { "name": "SNOMED CT codes", "value": 9 } ], "open_codelist_id": "opensafely/symptoms-nasal-congestion", "source_reference": "https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/symptoms-nasal-congestion/357d35c6", "concept_information": [ { "concept_id": 9085, "concept_version_id": 16570, "concept_name": "opensafely/symptoms-nasal-congestion/357d35c6", "coding_system": { "id": 9, "name": "SNOMED CT codes", "description": "SNOMED CT codes" }, "phenotype_id": "PH3765", "phenotype_version_id": 8908, "phenotype_name": "Symptoms: nasal congestion", "code_attribute_header": [], "codes": [ { "code": "111963001", "description": "Nasal airway obstruction", "attributes": null }, { "code": "139216004", "description": "(Post nasal drip) or (C/O catarrh)", "attributes": null }, { "code": "139650002", "description": "Nasal: [obstruction present] or [C/O congestion]", "attributes": null }, { "code": "139651003", "description": "Nasal discharge present", "attributes": null }, { "code": "139652005", "description": "C/O - 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