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Extension: US Core Birth Sex Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-birthsex				Version: 6.1.0
Active as of 2023-05-15				Computable Name: USCoreBirthSexExtension
Copyright/Legal: Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License

A code classifying the person’s sex assigned at birth as specified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). This extension aligns with the C-CDA Birth Sex Observation (LOINC 76689-9). After version 6.0.0, this extension is no longer a USCDI Requirement.

Context of Use

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

• Element ID Patient

Usage info

Usage:

• Use this Extension: US Core Patient Profile
• Examples for this Extension: Patient/child-example, Patient/example-targeted-provenance, Patient/example and Patient/infant-example

Formal Views of Extension Content

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

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

Path	Conformance	ValueSet
Extension.value[x]	required	BirthSex

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Details	Requirements
ele-1	error	**ALL** elements	All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1	error	**ALL** extensions	Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists()