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Table 5 Patients found to have another diagnosis (or an overlap syndrome)

From: The communication of a secondary care diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis to primary care practitioners: a population-based study

Patient

Final consultant diagnosis

Read code in general practice

1

Ductopenia

J638.00 Autoimmune Hepatitis

2

PSC/AIH overlap syndrome

J638.00 Autoimmune Hepatitis

J661700 Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis

3

PBC/PSC overlap syndrome

J616000 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

J614.00 Chronic Hepatitis

Free text in clinic letter ?sclerosing cholangitis

4

PBC

J616000 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

5

PBC

J616000 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

J638.00 Autoimmune Hepatitis

6

PBC/AIH overlap syndrome

No letter received from GP

7

PSC

J661700 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis