Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOAC)

PH3408 / 8435

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/direct-acting-oral-anticoagulants-doac
    Version ID
    3457dcee
    Coding System
    dm+d 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.

    This is a codelists that identifies all prepartaions from the NHS dictionary of medicines and devices for Directing Oral Anticoagulants better knows as DOACs. They have previously been know as NOACs.

    © 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

    All preparation beginning with the following BNF codes 0208020V0 were identified and mapped dm+d products for these were included.

    • Apixaban 0208020Z0
    • Dabigatran 0208020X0
    • Edoxaban 0208020AA
    • Rivaroxaban 0208020Y0

    Current prescribing patterns of DOACs can be viewed on OpenPrescribing here.

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/direct-acting-oral-anticoagulants-doac/3457dcee

    References

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3408/version/8435/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(
     'PH3408',
     version_id=8435
    )

    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(
     'PH3408',
     version_id=8435
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3408/version/8435/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(
     'PH3408',
     version_id=8435
    )

    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(
     'PH3408',
     version_id=8435
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOAC) ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:15
    8434 Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOAC) ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:15