Sex Parameters for Clinical Use (SPCU) may be used in specific clinical contexts. However, there are cases where having a context-free categorisation of a patient can be useful. When using SPCU at a patient level, consider if any information is available suggesting that the patient is NOT male-typical or female-typical across all clinical contexts, then using specified as the patient-level SPCU is most appropriate.
This represents an individual’s identity, ascertained by asking them what that identity is. The standard extension supports multiple gender identities, with relevant periods to account for a patient’s gender identity changing over time.
The pronouns to use when referring to an individual in verbal or written communication.
More details about these and other sex/gender related extensions can be found in the HL7 Cross Paradigm Implementation Guide: Gender Harmony - Sex and Gender Representation, Edition 1.