Gender identity

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate a patient's gender identity.

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This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/gender-identity defines the following codes:

Code Display Definition
transgender-female transgender female the patient identifies as transgender male-to-female
transgender-male transgender male the patient identifies as transgender female-to-male
non-binary non-binary the patient identifies with neither/both female and male
male male the patient identifies as male
female female the patient identifies as female
other other other gender identity
non-disclose does not wish to disclose the patient does not wish to disclose his gender identity
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