UK Core Clinical and Technical Assurance Sprint 8 Documentation Pack

UK Core Clinical and Technical Assurance Sprint 8 Documentation Pack

Issue 7

Context of Issue
Context: Sex
Type: Implementation Guide
Source: UK Core Development Team
Scope: Proposed Out of Scope

Issue Proposal
There are many different extensions representing the sex of a patient, as well as Patient.gender. There is no clear guidance on which extensions, or the Patient.gender element, should be used for which use case. There are many different extensions for sex:
  • Patient.gender
  • https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-recordedSexOrGender.html
  • https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-patient-sexParameterForClinicalUse.html
  • https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-genderIdentity.html https://simplifier.net/hl7fhirukcorer4/extension-ukcore-birthsex
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