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<p>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data does not separately identify those cases
of lymphoedema that are associated with cancer from those that are not, and is unable
to identify cases of lipoedema as there is no coding available for this condition,
based on the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).</p><p>Further
to this, HES data is not linked to costing information and therefore this information
cannot be provided.</p><p> </p><p>In the following table we have provided the number
of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients with a primary diagnosis of lymphoedema
from 2010-11 to 2012-13.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,099</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p>An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under
one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or
month in which the admission</p>
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