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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 </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",
"date": "2016-01-01",
"publisher": "DCP",
"name": "Gender Code",
"title": "Administrative gender",
"jurisdiction": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "US"
}
]
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "fhir",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/api",
"name": "Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR)"
}
],
"element": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength",
"valueInteger": 1
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question",
"valueString": "Gender"
}
],
"path": "Gender",
"code": [
{
"system": "http://loinc.org",
"code": "46098-0",
"display": "Sex"
}
],
"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"
}
},
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "fhir",
"language": "application/xquery",
"map": "return f:/Patient/f:gender"
}
]
}
]
}
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.