decode: Show term descriptions for ICD, OPCS or Read codes

In CALIBERcodelists: Generate ICD10, Read and OPCS codelists

Description

Decodes Read, OPCS, ICD-9 or ICD-10 codes, returning a vector of terms.

Usage

decode(codes, dictionary)

Arguments

codes	either a numeric vector of medcodes or a character vector of ICD-9, ICD-10, OPCS or Read codes.
dictionary	either a single dictionary (if all codes are in the same dictionary) or a vector of dictionaries, 'icd9', 'icd10', 'opcs' or 'read'.

Value

a character vector of terms

Examples

decode('I210', 'icd10')
decode(c(31421, 11347), 'read')
decode(c('E282', 'C165.00'), c('opcs', 'read'))

CALIBERcodelists documentation built on Feb. 28, 2020, 3:01 a.m.