search_concepts: Search clinical codes in the specified dictionary using dplyr...

In rcfgroup/clinconcept: Tools for Loading and Querying Clinical Concept Dictionaries

Search clinical codes in the specified dictionary using dplyr filter options

Description

Search clinical codes in the specified dictionary using dplyr filter options

Usage

search_concepts(dict, ..., include_synonyms = F, output = "tbl")

Arguments

dict	dictionary object (see cc_from_list/cc_from_file)
...	Query terms passed to dplyr::filter function
include_synonyms	Flag to include synonyms in filtering
output	Output type. tbl is the default. Can also return codes or terms

Value

Depends on output parameter. Default is a dplyr::tbl which can undergo additional processing. Alternatives include a vector of terms or codes.

Examples

## Not run: 
config_file<-paste0(system.file("clinconcept"),"/extdata/dictconfig.json")
config<-cc_from_file("NHSReadV3",config_file)

#return all read codes containing 'asthma' and 'lung'

 asthma_lung_codes<-search_concepts(config,term %like% "asthma" |
 term %like% "lung",include_synonyms=F)

## End(Not run)

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