Surgery for peripheral artery disease

PH3746 / 8872

OpenSAFELY

Jan 26, 2026

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OpenCodelists Phenotype

  1. Overview

    Codelist ID
    opensafely/surgery-for-peripheral-artery-disease
    Version ID
    0a62f192
    Version Tag
    2020-09-16
    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.

    DEFINITION: Surgery for peripheral artery disease

    Variables: (1) a binary variable denoting the presence of one of the codes at any point in the patient record. (2) the earliest date of such a code.

    © 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

    CODE LISTS:

    Process:

    (1) Read v2 Started with CALIBER primary care Peripheral Arterial Disease list by Julie George, Emily Herrett, Liam Smeeth, Harry Hemingway, Anoop Shah, Spiros Denaxas https://caliberresearch.org/portal/phenotypes/peripheralarterialdisease Removed DVTs, thrombectomies and embolectomies Updated with consistent codes from Combined Read v2 codelists: Read V2 PVD_PAD_readv2.xlsx which is a composite of peripheral arterial disease codelist by Angel Wong and Laurie Tomlinson, and a peripheral vascular disease codelist by Helen Strongman (2) SNOMED supplementary search Searched SNOMED for peripheral arterial disease, intermittent claudication, and peripheral gangrene concepts. Didn't search for procedures in SNOMED. Aim was to identify any major gaps in the Read v2 list. (3) Mapped to CTV3 Reviewed and discussed as above - agreed to limit to surgery on peripheral arteries, and that should also add a codelist for amputation and combine these groups (4) NOTE: This refers to surgery to the aorta or lower limbs

    FLEXIBILITY NEEDED BETWEEN STUDIES: None.

    EFFECTS ON COHORT SELECTION: If using to define an outcome, consider allowing for a period of registration (e.g. 12 months) to distinguish historical from incident events.

    POTENTIAL BIASES: Ascertainment may differ pre- and post- introduction to Quality Outcomes Framework in 2012/13. Will include some individuals with non-atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease, and some individuals undergoing arterial surgery for other reasons such as trauma.this refers to surgery to the aorta or lower limbs

  4. References

    Source Reference

    https://www.opencodelists.org/codelist/opensafely/surgery-for-peripheral-artery-disease/2020-09-16

    References

  5. Clinical Codelist

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3746/version/8872/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(
     'PH3746',
     version_id=8872
    )

    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(
     'PH3746',
     version_id=8872
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH3746/version/8872/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(
     'PH3746',
     version_id=8872
    )

    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(
     'PH3746',
     version_id=8872
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Surgery for peripheral artery disease ieuan.scanlon2026-01-26 23:32