US Core Implementation Guide
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US Core Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Cross-Group Projects. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 9.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/US-Core/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Extension: US Core Individual Sex Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex Version: 9.0.0-ballot
Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2025-04-22 Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: USCoreIndividualSexExtension
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.2.42.35

Copyright/Legal: Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License

USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

Context of Use

Usage info

Usages:

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Changes since version 8.0.0:

  • New Content

    • Formal Views of Extension Content

    Description Differentials, Snapshots, and other representations.

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
    ... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
    Binding: Federal Administrative Sex . (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex

    doco Documentation for this format

    Terminology Bindings (Differential)

    Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
    Extension.value[x] Base extensible Federal Administrative Sex . 📦20250228 VSAC v0.23
    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. 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-individual-sex"
    ... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
    Binding: Federal Administrative Sex . (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex

    doco Documentation for this format

    Terminology Bindings

    Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
    Extension.value[x] Base extensible Federal Administrative Sex . 📦20250228 VSAC v0.23

    Constraints

    Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
    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()

    Summary

    Simple Extension with the type Coding: USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

    Maturity: 3

    Differential ViewDifferential View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Extension
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
    ... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
    Binding: Federal Administrative Sex . (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex

    doco Documentation for this format

    Terminology Bindings (Differential)

    Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
    Extension.value[x] Base extensible Federal Administrative Sex . 📦20250228 VSAC v0.23

    Snapshot View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
    .. 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-individual-sex"
    ... value[x] 1..1 Coding Value of extension
    Binding: Federal Administrative Sex . (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex

    doco Documentation for this format

    Terminology Bindings

    Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
    Extension.value[x] Base extensible Federal Administrative Sex . 📦20250228 VSAC v0.23

    Constraints

    Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
    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()

    Summary

    Simple Extension with the type Coding: USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

    Maturity: 3

     

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