US Core Implementation Guide
5.0.0 - STU5 Release US

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Extension: US Core Gender Identity Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-genderIdentity Version: 5.0.0
Active as of 2022-01-22 Computable Name: USCoreGenderIdentityExtension

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This extension provides concepts to describe the gender a person identifies as.

Complies with USCDI v2

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

  • Patient
  • RelatedPerson
  • Person
  • Practitioner

Profile specific implementation guidance

  • This extension provides concepts to describe the gender a person identifies as. This extension is not used to describe a person’s sexual orientation (who they are attracted to).

  • The concepts included here are from the HL7 Gender Harmony Project which is modeling gender and sex information data elements, value sets, code systems.

  • A gender-identity search parameter has been defined for this extension. However, there are no gender-identity search requirements for the client or server.

Usage info

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from genderIdentity

Summary

Fixed Value: 1 element

This structure is derived from genderIdentity

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1genderIdentityExtension
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-genderIdentity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptValue of extension
Binding: Gender Identity (extensible)

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1genderIdentityExtension
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-genderIdentity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptValue of extension
Binding: Gender Identity (extensible)

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from genderIdentity

Summary

Fixed Value: 1 element

Differential View

This structure is derived from genderIdentity

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1genderIdentityExtension
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-genderIdentity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptValue of extension
Binding: Gender Identity (extensible)

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..1genderIdentityExtension
... id 0..1stringUnique id for inter-element referencing
... extension 0..0
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-genderIdentity"
... value[x] 1..1CodeableConceptValue of extension
Binding: Gender Identity (extensible)

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSet
Extension.value[x]extensibleGender Identity