Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy

PH3323 / 8323

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/chemotherapy-or-radiotherapy
    Version ID
    60bb7bb9
    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.

    Codes indicating chemotherapy or radiotherapy or both has been carried out

    © 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

    This codelist was derived by the following method:

    • Read 2 Codelist provided by LSHTM. See references for paper.
    • Codes from Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) were examined and relevant radiotherapy or chemotherapy codes taken
    • Codes from SNOMED were taken by searching for relevant radiotherapy or chemotherapy terms

    These 3 lists were mapped into CTV3 by TPP to create one list. This list was examined by 2 people and the following logic applied (see github issue for more detail):

    • Unclear procedure performed
    • Radiological intervention not radiotherapy
    • Medicine or transfusions sometimes used in cancer treatment
    • Infrared therapy
    • Prophylaxis for other disease such as antibiotic cover
    • Generic terms such as IV injection not specific to radiotherapy or chemotherapy
    • Immunotherapy codes

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/chemotherapy-or-radiotherapy/60bb7bb9

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3323/version/8323/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(
     'PH3323',
     version_id=8323
    )

    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(
     'PH3323',
     version_id=8323
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3323/version/8323/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(
     'PH3323',
     version_id=8323
    )

    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(
     'PH3323',
     version_id=8323
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:11
    8322 Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:11