US Core Implementation Guide
6.0.0-ballot - STU6 Ballot US

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: US Core Sex for Clinical Use - JSON Representation

Active as of 2022-11-22

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  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "us-core-sex-for-clinical-use",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Properties</b></p><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td></tr><tr><td>usage-note</td><td>string</td><td>Usage notes for the concept.</td></tr></table><p>This code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/CodeSystem/us-core-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><td><b>usage-note</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">female<a name=\"us-core-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><td/></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">male<a name=\"us-core-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><td/></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">specified<a name=\"us-core-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><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">unknown<a name=\"us-core-sex-for-clinical-use-unknown\"> </a></td><td>Unknown</td><td>No information can be provided.</td><td>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.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/CodeSystem/us-core-sex-for-clinical-use",
  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot",
  "name" : "USCoreSexForClinicalUse",
  "title" : "US Core Sex for Clinical Use",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2022-11-22",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International - Cross-Group Projects",
  "contact" : [
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      "name" : "HL7 International - Cross-Group Projects",
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          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cgp"
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "description" : "Codes that represent the sex characterization appropriate for the associated clinical context.",
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      "coding" : [
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          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "copyright" : "Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License",
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  "content" : "complete",
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    {
      "code" : "usage-note",
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    }
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    {
      "code" : "female",
      "display" : "Female sex for clinical use",
      "definition" : "Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best practices associated with female reference populations."
    },
    {
      "code" : "male",
      "display" : "Male sex for clinical use",
      "definition" : "Available data indicates that diagnostics, analytics, and treatments should consider best practices associated with male reference populations."
    },
    {
      "code" : "specified",
      "display" : "Specified sex for clinical use",
      "definition" : "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" : "usage-note",
          "valueString" : "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."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code" : "unknown",
      "display" : "Unknown",
      "definition" : "No information can be provided.",
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        {
          "code" : "usage-note",
          "valueString" : "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."
        }
      ]
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}