Recommend that general practices and memory services standardise Read coding for diagnoses of dementia.
Recommended QOF read codes
- F110 Alzheimer’s Disease
- F111 Pick’s Disease (front temporal dementia)
- Eu01 Vascular dementia
- Eu025 Lewy Body Dementia
- Eu023 Dementia in Parkinson’s disease
- E00 Senile and pre senile organic psychotic conditions, and for advanced dementia (not being referred for memory assessment)
- Eu01 ‘Mixed Dementia’
Associated QOF read codes
Consider checking any patients with the following codes:
- 1B1A Memory loss symptom
- 1B1A0 Temporary loss of memory
- Eu057 Mild cognitive disorder