Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: FHIR R5 Ballot Preview). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example CodeSystem/sex-for-clinical-use (XML)

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

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

Definition for Code SystemsexForClinicalUseCS

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="sex-for-clinical-use"/> 
  <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> 
        <b> Properties</b> 
      </p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> URL</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Description</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> usage-note</td> 
          <td> http://hl7.org/fhir/sex-for-clinical-use/property/usage-note</td> 
          <td> string</td> 
          <td> Usage notes for the concept.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/sex-for-clinical-use</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">female
            <a name="sex-for-clinical-use-female"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Female sex for clinical use</td> 
          <td> Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best
             practices associated with female reference populations.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">male
            <a name="sex-for-clinical-use-male"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Male sex for clinical use</td> 
          <td> Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best
             practices associated with male reference populations.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">specified
            <a name="sex-for-clinical-use-specified"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Specified sex for clinical use</td> 
          <td> Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatment best practices may
             be undefined or not aligned with sex-derived reference populations.  Additional information
             (usually, but not always, in the form of comments and/or observations) is available, but
             does not align with male sex for clinical use or female sex for clinical use. </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown
            <a name="sex-for-clinical-use-unknown"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unknown</td> 
          <td> No information can be provided.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/sex-for-clinical-use"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2038"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <name value="sexForClinicalUseCS"/> 
  <title value="Sex For Clinical Use"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <description value="Codes that represent a sex characterization that can be associated with a specific clinical
   context"/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <property> 
    <code value="usage-note"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sex-for-clinical-use/property/usage-note"/> 
    <description value="Usage notes for the concept."/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </property> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="female"/> 
    <display value="Female sex for clinical use"/> 
    <definition value="Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best
     practices associated with female reference populations."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="male"/> 
    <display value="Male sex for clinical use"/> 
    <definition value="Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best
     practices associated with male reference populations."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="specified"/> 
    <display value="Specified sex for clinical use"/> 
    <definition value="Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatment best practices may
     be undefined or not aligned with sex-derived reference populations.  Additional information
     (usually, but not always, in the form of comments and/or observations) is available, but
     does not align with male sex for clinical use or female sex for clinical use. "/> 
    <property> 
      <code value="usage-note"/> 
      <valueString value="Individuals or systems providing care should either use default behavior that is safe
       for both male and female populations, individually review treatment options with the patient,
       or carefully inspect comments and relevant observations before proceeding with treatment.
       Systems that are unable to review additional information that may be associated with an
       SFCU value may manage a SPECIFIED and an UNKNOWN value in the same way."/> 
    </property> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unknown"/> 
    <display value="Unknown"/> 
    <definition value="No information can be provided."/> 
    <property> 
      <code value="usage-note"/> 
      <valueString value="Systems that are unable to review additional information that may be associated with an
       SFCU value may manage a SPECIFIED and an UNKNOWN value in the same way."/> 
    </property> 
  </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.