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Issue 7

Context of Issue
Context:	Sex
Type:	Implementation Guide
Source:	UK Core Development Team
Scope:	Proposed Out of Scope

Issue	Proposal
There are many different extensions representing the sex of a patient, as well as Patient.gender. There is no clear guidance on which extensions, or the Patient.gender element, should be used for which use case.	Initial Proposal: There are many different extensions for sex: Patient.gender https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-recordedSexOrGender.html https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-patient-sexParameterForClinicalUse.html https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-genderIdentity.html https://simplifier.net/hl7fhirukcorer4/extension-ukcore-birthsex Main Points Raised in C&TA Calls: No main points raised.

Issue

Proposal

There are many different extensions representing the sex of a patient, as well as Patient.gender. There is no clear guidance on which extensions, or the Patient.gender element, should be used for which use case.

Initial Proposal:

There are many different extensions for sex:

Patient.gender
https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-recordedSexOrGender.html
https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-patient-sexParameterForClinicalUse.html
https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-individual-genderIdentity.html https://simplifier.net/hl7fhirukcorer4/extension-ukcore-birthsex

Main Points Raised in C&TA Calls:

No main points raised.