Amputation of lower limb

PH3273 / 8264

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/amputation-of-lower-limb
    Version ID
    0d15b188
    Version Tag
    2020-09-25
    Coding System
    Read codes v3
    Collections
    OpenCodelistPhenotype Library
    Tags
    No data

  2. Definition

    This codelist was taken from OpenCodelists, created by OpenSAFELY. We recommend viewing this Phenotype on the OpenCodelist website to view the most recent version.

    This captures amputation of the lower limb for the risk prediction project. Other studies requiring amputation codes should refer to the full codelist, under 'Amputation'.

    © University of Oxford for the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science 2025. This work may be copied freely for non-commercial research and study.

  3. Methodology

    Included: Lower limbs, including limb amputations where the limb is not specified

    Excluded: Traumatic amputation, congenital amputation of a lower limb and surgical incisions

    See the GitHub issue for a discussion

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/amputation-of-lower-limb/2020-09-25

    References

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3273/version/8264/detail/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_details = client$phenotypes$get_detail(
     'PH3273',
     version_id=8264
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_detail = client.phenotypes.get_detail(
     'PH3273',
     version_id=8264
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3273/version/8264/export/codes/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client$phenotypes$get_codelist(
     'PH3273',
     version_id=8264
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client.phenotypes.get_codelist(
     'PH3273',
     version_id=8264
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Amputation of lower limb ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:08