US Core Implementation Guide
9.0.0 - STU 9 US

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## Extension: US Core Individual Sex Extension

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex | Version: 9.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 5 | Computable Name: USCoreIndividualSexExtension
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.2.42.33

USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `Patient`
- Element ID: `RelatedPerson`
- Element ID: `Person`
- Element ID: `Practitioner`
- Element ID: `FamilyMemberHistory`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: US Core Patient Profile
- Examples for this Extension: Patient/child-example, Patient/deceased-example, Patient/example and Patient/infant-example

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Changes since version 8.0.1:

- The resource metadata has changed (copyright)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
- All

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Federal Administrative Sex (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Extension
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Federal Administrative Sex (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Coding: USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

Maturity: 5

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Federal Administrative Sex (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..1 | Extension | Extension
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-individual-sex"
value[x] |  | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Federal Administrative Sex (extensible): Federal Administrative Sex
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type Coding: USCDI includes a data element for Sex, intended to support the exchange of a recorded sex value. This extension aligns with the USCDI definition of Sex: "Documentation of a specific instance of sex." It enables systems to share the sex value as it was documented in a particular context. Systems choosing to record sources of information should use the Provenance resource.

Maturity: 5

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.value[x] | Base | extensible | Federal Administrative Sex | ⏿20250228 | tx.fhir.org

#### Constraints

Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression
ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | `hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`
ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | `extension.exists() != value.exists()`