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UKCRC Health Research Classification System

Foetal development, pregnancy and ‘in utero’ studies

Advice on health categories

If the subject of a study is the foetus or the new born it should be coded as Reproductive Health and Childbirth and also the condition being investigated, if relevant.

If the investigation involves examining the effects of exposure to agents in utero or more generally during pregnancy on children or adults, code the research to the condition under investigation and not to Reproduction.

e.g. potential increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults as a result of maternal malnutrition should be coded 100% Cardiovascular.

 

Advice on research activities

Pregnancy is considered normal function and coded within the 1 Underpinning code group but investigation of factors impacting on pregnancy should be coded elsewhere.

 

Main inclusion criteria

Fertility, contraception, abortion, in vitro fertilisation, pregnancy, mammary gland development, menstruation and menopause, breast feeding, antenatal care, childbirth, postnatal care and complications of newborns.

 

Advice on health categories

Includes studies of ante and post natal care such as issues affecting newborns.

Includes studies of the effects of exposure to factors while in utero if focussed on the foetus or newborns. If the study is about the long term effects on children or adults, where the foetus is not involved in the investigation, the Reproductive Health and Childbirthcategory should not be used.

Studies of sexual health should be coded 50% Reproductive Health and Childbirth and 50% Infection, unless the study involves a specified pathogenic agent (such studies should be coded as 100% Infection).

May include studies of reproductive hormones.

Excludes basic developmental studies in non-human models.

Official terminology

Full name of category

Short name Unique ID
Reproductive health and childbirth Reproduction

HRCS_HC_16REP

 

Related external links

International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10 v2016) – Chapter XV:   Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10 v2016) – Chapter XVI:   Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

Main inclusion criteria

Coronary heart disease, diseases of the vasculature and circulation including the lymphatic system, and normal development and function of the cardiovascular system.

 

Advice on health categories

Includes general circulation research, vasculitis and general angiogenesis studies. Includes atherosclerosis and pulmonary hypertension. Includes congenital heart disorders. Excludes studies investigating blood flow to the brain which should be coded as Stroke. Excludes angiogenesis studies which relate to a diseased state (e.g. development of anti-angiogenic drugs to inhibit tumour growth which would be coded as Cancer).

 

Official terminology

Full name of category Short name Unique ID
Cardiovascular Cardio HRCS_HC_03CAR

 

Related external links

International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10 v2016) – Chapter IX: Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

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