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Table 1 RD-CODE diagnosed and undiagnosed status by type of diagnostic ascertainment. In the framework of RD-CODE, the “undiagnosed patients” term is used to describe patients with no established clinical diagnosis. “Diagnosed patients” have an established clinical diagnosis related to a confirmed rare disease, even without an etiological diagnosis

From: Coding undiagnosed rare disease patients in health information systems: recommendations from the RD-CODE project

Clinical diagnosis

Etiological diagnosis

Diagnostic status for RD-CODE

Established

Established

Diagnosed

Established

Unknown

Diagnosed

Suspected

Established

*Undiagnosed*

Suspected

Unknown

*Undiagnosed*

Unknown

Established

*Undiagnosed*

Unknown

Unknown

*Undiagnosed*