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Patient gender represented as an data element
{ "resourceType": "DataElement", "id": "gender", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<b>Gender Code</b>: The code representing the gender of a person\n \n \n \n </p>\n\t\t\t<table>\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Code</th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Display</th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Definition</th>\n\t\t\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>0</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Unknown</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Not known, not observed, not recorded, or refused.</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>1</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Male</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces sperm. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both.</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>2</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Female</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces ova. The term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, or cultural gender role distinctions, or both.</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>3</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Not specified</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>Not specified</td>\n\t\t\t\t\t</tr>\n\t\t\t\t</tbody>\n\t\t\t</table>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li/>\n\t\t\t</ul>\n\t\t</div>" }, "contained": [ { "resourceType": "ValueSet", "id": "2179414", "url": "http://example.org/2179414", "version": "1.0", "name": "Gender Code", "status": "active", "description": "All codes representing the gender of a person.", "compose": { "include": [ { "system": "http://example.ncit.nci.nih.gov", "concept": [ { "code": "C17998", "display": "Unknown" }, { "code": "C20197", "display": "Male" }, { "code": "C16576", "display": "Female" }, { "code": "C38046", "display": "Not specified" } ] } ] } }, { "resourceType": "ValueSet", "id": "2179414-permitted", "status": "active", "compose": { "include": [ { "system": "http://example.org/fhir/2179414" } ] } }, { "resourceType": "ConceptMap", "id": "2179414-cm", "status": "active", "sourceReference": { "reference": "#2179414" }, "targetReference": { "reference": "#2179414-permitted" }, "group": [ { "source": "http://example.org/fhir/2179414", "target": "http://example.org/fhir/2179414", "element": [ { "code": "C17998", "target": [ { "code": "0", "equivalence": "equal" } ] }, { "code": "C20197", "target": [ { "code": "1", "equivalence": "equal" } ] }, { "code": "C16576", "target": [ { "code": "2", "equivalence": "equal" } ] }, { "code": "C38046", "target": [ { "code": "3", "equivalence": "equal" } ] } ] } ] } ], "identifier": [ { "value": "2179650" } ], "version": "1.0", "status": "active", "publisher": "DCP", "name": "Gender Code", "element": [ { "extension": [ { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength", "valueInteger": 1 }, { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question", "valueString": "Gender" } ], "path": "Gender", "definition": "The code representing the gender of a person.", "type": [ { "code": "CodeableConcept" } ], "maxLength": 13, "binding": { "strength": "required", "valueSetReference": { "extension": [ { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-permitted-value-valueset", "valueReference": { "reference": "#2179414-permitted" } }, { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-permitted-value-conceptmap", "valueReference": { "reference": "#2179414-cm" } } ], "reference": "#2179414" } } } ] }
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.