US Core Implementation Guide
6.1.0 - STU6
US Core Implementation Guide
6.1.0 - STU6
This page is part of the US Core (v6.1.0: STU6 Update) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version in its permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-sex | Version: 6.1.0 | |||
| Active as of 2023-05-15 | Computable Name: USCoreSexExtension | |||
Copyright/Legal: Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License |
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The Sex Extension is used to reflect the documentation of a person’s sex. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.
USCDI v3 includes a data element for sex, intended to support the exchange of a sex value that is not characterized as sex assigned at birth or birth sex. This Sex extension supports USCDI v3. Sex assigned at birth or birth sex can be recorded using the more specific US Core Birth Sex Extension. Future versions of this extension may be informed by the content of the HL7 Cross Paradigm IG: Gender Harmony - Sex and Gender Representation, which may include additional guidance on its relationship to administrative gender (Patient.gender).
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s):
Usage info
Usage:
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension of type code: The Sex Extension is used to reflect the documentation of a person's sex. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.
USCDI v3 includes a data element for sex, intended to support the exchange of a sex value that is not characterized as sex assigned at birth or birth sex. This Sex extension supports USCDI v3. Sex assigned at birth or birth sex can be recorded using the more specific US Core Birth Sex Extension. Future versions of this extension may be informed by the content of the HL7 Cross Paradigm IG: Gender Harmony - Sex and Gender Representation, which may include additional guidance on its relationship to administrative gender (Patient.gender).
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension | 0..1 | Extension | Extension | |
 url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-sex" | |
  value[x] | 1..1 | code | Value of extension Binding: Sex (required): Concepts limited to Male, Female, Patient Sex Unknown, asked-declined. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 0..1 | Extension | Extension | |
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-sex" | |
| value[x] | 1..1 | code | Value of extension Binding: Sex (required): Concepts limited to Male, Female, Patient Sex Unknown, asked-declined. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension of type code: The Sex Extension is used to reflect the documentation of a person's sex. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.
USCDI v3 includes a data element for sex, intended to support the exchange of a sex value that is not characterized as sex assigned at birth or birth sex. This Sex extension supports USCDI v3. Sex assigned at birth or birth sex can be recorded using the more specific US Core Birth Sex Extension. Future versions of this extension may be informed by the content of the HL7 Cross Paradigm IG: Gender Harmony - Sex and Gender Representation, which may include additional guidance on its relationship to administrative gender (Patient.gender).
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 0..1 | Extension | Extension | |
| url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-sex" | |
| value[x] | 1..1 | code | Value of extension Binding: Sex (required): Concepts limited to Male, Female, Patient Sex Unknown, asked-declined. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension | 0..1 | Extension | Extension | |
| id | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
| url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-sex" | |
| value[x] | 1..1 | code | Value of extension Binding: Sex (required): Concepts limited to Male, Female, Patient Sex Unknown, asked-declined. | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Conformance | ValueSet |
| Extension.value[x] | required | Sex |
| 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() |
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