ukb_icd_keyword: Retrieves diagnoses containing a description.

In kenhanscombe/ukbtools: Manipulate and Explore UK Biobank Data

Retrieves diagnoses containing a description.

Description

Returns a dataframe of ICD code and descriptions for all entries including any supplied keyword.

Usage

ukb_icd_keyword(description, icd.version = 10, ignore.case = TRUE)

Arguments

description	A character vector of one or more keywords to be looked up in the ICD descriptions, e.g., "cardio", c("cardio", "lymphoma"). Each keyword can be a regular expression, e.g. "lymph*".
icd.version	The ICD version (or revision) number, 9 or 10. Default = 10.
ignore.case	If 'TRUE' (default), case is ignored during matching; if 'FALSE', the matching is case sensitive.

See Also

ukb_icd_diagnosis, ukb_icd_code_meaning, ukb_icd_prevalence

Examples

ukb_icd_keyword("cardio", icd.version = 10)

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