Release 5 Ballot

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Example CodeSystem/pronouns (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code SystemPronouns

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="pronouns"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2022-09-07T10:58:29.429+10:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/pronouns</code>  defines the following codes:
      </p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">he-him
            <a name="pronouns-he-him"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> He, Him, His, Himself</td> 
          <td> English pronouns typically associated with masculinity</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">she-her
            <a name="pronouns-she-her"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> She, Her, Hers, Herself</td> 
          <td> English pronouns typically associated with femininity</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">they-them
            <a name="pronouns-they-them"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themself</td> 
          <td> English personal pronouns typically not associated with masculinity or femininity</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">other
            <a name="pronouns-other"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Other</td> 
          <td> The individual uses pronouns other than he/him, she/her, or they/them</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown
            <a name="pronouns-unknown"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unknown</td> 
          <td> No pronouns are known.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/pronouns"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2040"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <name value="Pronouns"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <description value="This example code system defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the pronouns
   used to communicate about an individual."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="he-him"/> 
    <display value="He, Him, His, Himself"/> 
    <definition value="English pronouns typically associated with masculinity"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="she-her"/> 
    <display value="She, Her, Hers, Herself"/> 
    <definition value="English pronouns typically associated with femininity"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="they-them"/> 
    <display value="They, Them, Their, Theirs, Themself"/> 
    <definition value="English personal pronouns typically not associated with masculinity or femininity"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="other"/> 
    <display value="Other"/> 
    <definition value="The individual uses pronouns other than he/him, she/her, or they/them"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unknown"/> 
    <display value="Unknown"/> 
    <definition value="No pronouns are known."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.