Sex

An enumeration used to represent the sex of an individual. This element does not represent gender identity or KaryotypicSex, but instead represents typical “phenotypic sex”, as would be determined by a midwife or physician at birth.

Data model

Implementation note - this is an enumerated type, therefore the values represented below are the only legal values. The value of this type SHALL NOT be null, instead it SHALL use the 0 (zero) ordinal element as the default value, should none be specified.

Name Ordinal Description
UNKNOWN_SEX 0 Not assessed or not available. Maps to NCIT:C17998
FEMALE 1 Female sex. Maps to NCIT:C46113
MALE 2 Male sex. Maps to NCIT:C46112
OTHER_SEX 3 It is not possible to accurately assess the applicability of MALE/FEMALE. Maps to NCIT:C45908

Example

{
    "sex": "UNKNOWN_SEX"
}