GenderIdentityObservation

Gender Identity Observation

draftC-CDA Templates4.0.0logical13 key elements

This observation represents the gender identity of the patient. Defined as:

One's basic sense of being male, female, or other gender (for example, transgender or gender queer). Gender identity can be congruent or incongruent with one's sex assigned at birth based on the appearance of external genitalia. (Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) CommunityA Field Guide, The Joint Commission (2011).)

This template follows the guidelines from the HL7 Gender Harmony project.

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

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://hl7.org/cda/us/ccda/StructureDefinition/GenderIdentityObservation
ID
GenderIdentityObservation
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+
:gender-identity-obs1..1
1+
templateId.root
1+
templateId.extension
1+
id
1+
code.code
1+
code.codeSystem
1+
LOINC
statusCode
1+
statusCode.code
1+
effectiveTime
1+
The effectiveTime represents the relevant time of the observation. A patient's "gender identity" may change and using effectiveTime/low and effectiveTime/high defines the time during which the patient had identified as specified.
effectiveTime.low
1+
value1..1
http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/CD
1+
value.code
1+