P8023 - coding prescribed medicines booklet

Understanding Society
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P8821 / P8023
Some drug sections that have only two section numbers in the BNF (eg 4.10 and 2.12) have
been divided into two or three groups, to separate the types of drugs. Where this is the case,
all of the drugs listed under the relevant sections in the BNF are listed in this booklet.

Lipid-lowering drugs, formerly coded as 02.12.00
Statins…………………………………………. .02.12.01
Other lipid-lowering drugs…………. .02.12.02
Drugs to treat dependence, formerly coded as 04.10.00
Alcohol dependence……………………. .04.10.01
Smoking cessation………………………. .04.10.02
Opioid dependence……………………. .04.10.03
Some have been split into two or three constituent sections, using the BNF sub-section
numbers (eg : 2.5.5.1, 2.5.5.2, 2.5.5.3). Where this is the case, all of the drugs listed under the
relevant sections in the BNF are listed in this booklet.
Antihypertensives formerly coded as 02.05.05
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors………. .02.05.51
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists……………………….02.05.52
Renin inhibitors…………………………………………….02.05.53
Antidiabetic drugs formerly coded as 06.01.02
Sulphonylureas……………………………………………….06.01.21
Biguanides (e.g. Metformin)……………………………….06.01.22
Others………………………………………………………….06.01.23

CODING OF PRESCRIBED MEDICINES: ALPHABETICAL INDEX
ABIDEC . . 09.06.07 …………………………………………………… ADALAT, ADALAT LA, ADALAT RETARD . 02.06.02 ALLOPURINOL . 10.01.04 …………………………………………………… ALUPENT . 03.01.01 …………………………………………………… AMILORIDE . 02.02.03 …………………………………………………… AMIODARONE (HYDROCHLORIDE) . 02.03.02 …………………………………………………… AMITRIPTYLINE . 04.03.01 …………………………………………………… AMLODIPINE BESILATE (was AMLODIPINE BESYLATE) . 02.06.02 …………………………………………………… AMOXIL . 05.01.01 …………………………………………………… AMOXICILLIN (was AMOXYCILLIN) . 05.01.01 …………………………………………………… ASACOL . 01.05.01 ………………………………………………… ATENOLOL . 02.04.00 …………………………………………………… ATROVENT . 03.01.02 …………………………………………………… AUGMENTIN, AUGMENTIN-DUO . 05.01.01 …………………………………………………… myasthenia gravis . 10.02.01 rheumatic disease. 10.01.03 BACLOFEN . 10.02.02 …………………………………………………… BACTROBAN . 13.10.01 …………………………………………………… BALNEUM, BALNEUM PLUS, BALNEUM WITH TAR . 13.02.01 …………………………………………………… kjk……………………………………………………………………… BECLAZONE (inhaler) . 03.02.00 …………………………………………………… BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE (was BECLOMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE) asthma . 03.02.00 nasal allergy . 12.02.01 BECONASE (nasal spray) . 12.02.01 ……………………………………………………. BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE or BENDROFLUAZIDE . 02.02.01 ……………………………………………………. BETAGAN (eye drops) . 11.06.00 ……………………………………………………. BETAHISTINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE, BETAHISTINE HCL . 04.06.00 ……………………………………………………. BETNOVATE(incl Betnovate-RD, Betnovate-C, Betnovate-N) . 13.04.00 BISACODYL . 01.06.02 ……………………………………………………. BRICANYL, BRICANYL SA . 03.01.01 ……………………………………………………. BUSCOPAN . 01.02.00 ……………………………………………………. CALCICHEW, CALCICHEW FORTE . 09.05.01 CALCICHEW-D3, CALCICHEW-D3 FORTE . 09.06.04 CALPOL . 04.07.01 ……………………………………………………. CAPOTEN . 02.05.51 ……………………………………………………. CAVERJECT . 07.04.05 CEFACLOR . 05.01.02 CEFALEXIN (was CEPHALEXIN) . 05.01.02 ……………………………………………………. CERUMOL (ear drops) . 12.01.03 ……………………………………………………. CHLORPHENIRAMINE or CHLORPHENAMINE (MALEATE) . 03.04.01 ……………………………………………………. CILEST . 07.03.01 ……………………………………………………. DEPO-PROVERA (ALSO CHECK Provera) contraceptive . 07.03.02 EPANUTIN . 04.08.01 EPANUTIN READY-MIXED PARENTERAL . 04.08.02 EPILIM, EPILIM CHRONO, EPILIM INTRAVENOUS . 04.08.01 FEMODENE, FEMODENE ED . 07.03.01 FEMULEN . 07.03.02 FERROGRAD, FERROGRAD C, FERROGRAD FOLIC . 09.01.01 FLOMAXTRA ……………………………. 07.04.01 GAVISCON, GAVISCON ADVANCE, GAVISCON INFANT . 01.01.02 GEMFIBROZIL . 02.12.02 HEMINEVRIN hypnotics …………. 04.01.01 eye drops . 11.04.01 mouth treatment . 12.03.01 HYDROXOCOBALAMIN (injections) . 09.01.02 Non-steroid anti-inflammatory . 10.01.01 rheumatic disease including gout . 10.01.01 LEVONELLE . 07.03.01 One Step . 07.03.05 LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM (THYROXINE) . 06.02.01 MAALOX, MAALOX TC, MAALOX PLUS . 01.01.01 Crohn’s disease, diarrhoea . 01.05.00 MICROGYNON 30, MICROGYNON 30 ED . 07.03.01 Rheumatic disease . 10.01.01 NASEPTIN . 12.02.03 NATRILIX . 02.02.01 ……………………………………………………. NICORETTE (any type) . 04.10.02 NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY . 04.10.02 Vaginal and vulval candidiasis . 07.02.02 Progesteron-only contraception . 07.03.02 Vaginal and vulval candidiasis . 07.02.02 PENICILLIN, PENICILLIN V or V-K (PHENOXYMETHYLPENICILLIN) . 05.01.01 PHENOBARBITAL (was PHENOBARBITONE) . 04.08.01 PULMICORT (inhaler), PULMICORT TURBOHALER, PULMICORT RESPULES . 03.02.00 Nocturnal cramps/muscle relaxant . 10.02.02 Chronic diarrhoea, inflammatory bowl disease (Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease) .
Rheumatic disease . 10.01.03 SINEMET, SINEMET LS, SINEMET-PLUS, SINEMET CR . 04.09.01 ……………………………………………………. Codes taken from the British National Formulary No. 58 Sept ’09 WAIST/HIP AND HEIGHT CONVERSION CHART
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1 foot = 0.305m
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Source: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/health-assessment/fieldwork-document/health-assessment/wave-2/information-leaflets/Und_Soc_Coding_prescribed_medicines_booklet.pdf?q=eaa70f72b64fd5d4124b0317f537e82e6d3e6ae1