Term Description

Sex of the patient, created for the U.S. Surgeon General's Family Health History Portrait.

Part Description

LP101395-4   Sex
In LOINC, sex refers to the biological sex of an organism, which is most commonly determined based on anatomy and physiology or genetic (chromosome) analysis. Our definition is based on the World Health Organization's definition of sex and gender: sex (male, female) refers to biological and physiological characteristics, and gender (masculine, feminine) refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes. (http://www.who.int/gender/whatisgender/en) Source: Regenstrief LOINC, WHO: gender

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Sex:Type:Pt:^Patient:Nom:USSG-FHT
Long Common Name
Sex [USSG-FHT]

Part Model Get Info

HL7® Attributes

HL7® Field ID
PID-8

Normative Answer List: LL622-2

Source: US Surgeon General
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
MaleLA2-8
FemaleLA3-6
OtherLA46-8

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.USSGFHT
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.26
Last Updated
Version 2.56 (MIN)
Change Reason
Changed Component from 'Gender' to 'Sex' to align with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of this concept.

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
54127-6US Surgeon General family health portrait [USSG-FHT]

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=54131-8