Cholesterol tests

PH3327 / 8327

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/cholesterol-tests
    Version ID
    09896c09
    Coding System
    SNOMED CT codes
    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.

    A SNOMED CT codelist describing primary care requests for total cholesterol.

    © 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

    2 search strategies were used: 1: SNOMED codes for existing CTV3 codes in SRO notebooks (using Kahootz CTV3 browser) 2: Search for "cholesterol" and selecting any codes which related to total cholesterol monitoring and level.

    Whether codes relating to "monitoring" rather than "level" need to excluded is still to be determined.

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/cholesterol-tests/09896c09

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3327/version/8327/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(
     'PH3327',
     version_id=8327
    )

    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(
     'PH3327',
     version_id=8327
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3327/version/8327/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(
     'PH3327',
     version_id=8327
    )

    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(
     'PH3327',
     version_id=8327
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Cholesterol tests ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:12