Malabsorption due to pancreatic insufficiency

PH3556 / 8623

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/malabsorption-due-to-pancreatic-insufficiency
    Version ID
    17552cc2
    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.

    This codelist defines pancreatic insufficiency to define malabsorption disorders for the purpose of the vitamin D study. For this reason, it focuses on exocrine insufficiency of lipid absorption, as opposed to endocrine insufficiency (diabetes is not included by default).

    © 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 prioritises specificity by identifying those who should be eligible for vitamin D testing and supplementation due to insufficiency or deficiency of pancreatic enzymes responsible for lipid absorption.

    Search terms: exocrine panc*, pancreatic, pancreatic deficiency, pancreatic enzyme, pancreatic insufficiency.

    Inclusion criteria for codes: any disorders of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency causing lipid malabsorption. This includes congenital and acquired disorders.

    Exclusion criteria for codes: exclude endocrine-only insufficiency (diabetes) and protein- or carbohydrate-only malabsorption (e.g triptase or amylase deficiencies), codes related to medicines rather than diagnoses.

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/malabsorption-due-to-pancreatic-insufficiency/17552cc2

    References

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3556/version/8623/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(
     'PH3556',
     version_id=8623
    )

    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(
     'PH3556',
     version_id=8623
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3556/version/8623/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(
     'PH3556',
     version_id=8623
    )

    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(
     'PH3556',
     version_id=8623
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Malabsorption due to pancreatic insufficiency ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:22