Template for identifying patients with a learning disability in primary care: practice-based registers.
| The definition of learning disability used is: ‘A person with learning disabilities has a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information and a reduced capacity to cope independently. This condition is present from childhood and has a lasting effect on development.’9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Read codes that give a definite indication of learning disability | |||
| E3% | Mental retardation | Eu7% | [X] Mental retardation |
| 6664 | Mental handicap problem | PJ0% | Down's syndrome — trisomy 21 |
| PJyy2 | Fragile X chromosome | Eu842 | [X] Rett's syndrome |
| PKy93 | Prader-Willi syndrome | PKy80 | Noonan's syndrome |
| 9HB% | Learning disabilities administration status | ||
| Read codes that give a possible indication of learning disability AND need to be verified by the patients' GP | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eu8lz | [X] Developmental disorder of scholastic skills unspecified | 13Z4E | Learning difficulties |
| PJ7% | Klinefelter's syndrome | F23% | Congenital cerebral palsy |
| F1370 | Athetoid cerebral palsy | Eu845 | [X] Asperger's syndrome |
| PK5 | Tuberous sclerosis | PK61 | Sturge-Weber syndrome |
| B927 | Neurofibromatosis — Von Recklinghausen's disease | BBe1% | [M] Neurofibromatosis NOS |
| E140% | Infantile autism | Eu84% | [X] Pervasive developmental disorders |
| 1J9 | Suspected autism | C301 | Phenylketonuria |
| PKy0% | Multiple system congenital anomalies | E2F2 | Other specific learning difficulty |
| ZV400 | [V] Problems with learning | 13Z3 | Low IQ |
| 8HHP | Referral to learning disability team | ||
Group home: patients who live in a group home specifically for people with a learning disability, identified by searching by group home address.
GP identification: In the pilot study, GPs identified some patients who were not found using the above Read code searches OR group home address searches.
Please include any additional patients with a learning disability that may be known to the practice.
0 = zero. % = include all sub-codes.
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