Surgery Emergency OPCS-4 codes WITHOUT complication codes

PH3745 / 8871

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/surgery-emergency-opcs-4-codes-without-complication-codes
    Version ID
    066e9dcd
    Coding System
    OPCS4 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 list of all the emergency OPCS-4 codes (as defined by RCS priority groups 1a and 1b), excluding the complication OPCS-4 codes for amputations, dislocations, compartment syndrome and washouts

    © 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. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/surgery-emergency-opcs-4-codes-without-complication-codes/066e9dcd

  4. Clinical Codelist

  5. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3745/version/8871/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(
     'PH3745',
     version_id=8871
    )

    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(
     'PH3745',
     version_id=8871
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3745/version/8871/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(
     'PH3745',
     version_id=8871
    )

    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(
     'PH3745',
     version_id=8871
    )

  6. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Surgery Emergency OPCS-4 codes WITHOUT complication codes ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:32
    8870 Surgery Emergency OPCS-4 codes WITHOUT complication codes ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:32