BirthSexObservation

Birth Sex Observation

draftC-CDA Templates4.0.0logical11 key elements

This observation represents the sex of the patient at birth. It is the sex that is entered on the person's birth certificate at time of birth.

This observation is not appropriate for recording patient gender (administrativeGender).

This observation is not appropriate for recording Gender Identity (GI).

It is recommended systems include the Birth Sex observation in the Social History section.

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/cda/us/ccda/StructureDefinition/BirthSexObservation
ID
BirthSexObservation
Type
Base Definition
Observation
Derivation
constraint
Mandatory and Must-Support Elements

Elements with cardinality > 0 or marked as Must Support (S)

PathCard.TypeFlagsDescription
templateId
1+
:birth-sex-obs1..1
1+
templateId.root
1+
templateId.extension
1+
code.code
1+
code.codeSystem
1+
LOINC
statusCode
1+
statusCode.code
1+
effectiveTime
1+
Note: This template represents a "snapshot in time" observation, simply reflecting the patient's sex at the time of the observation. As a result, the effectiveTime is constrained to just a time stamp. Since this represents Birth Sex it SHALL match the birthTime.
value1..1
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/CD
1+
value.code
1+