Version 2.74

Status Information

Status
TRIAL

Term Description

The patient's sex for clinical use (SFCU) is a category that is based upon clinical observations typically associated with the designation of male and female. The categorization may be useful in the case of a given procedure or clinical context (e.g. scoring algorithm, hormone level, organ inventory). The SFCU categories include Female, Male, Specified and Unknown. "Specified" means the patient has specific documented characteristics that do not fully match either male or female in a given context. It is used to indicate that a patient has specified conditions that are likely important when considering clinical observations, particularly those that are impacted by sex-associated conditions. When specified conditions are unavailable, default considerations should be followed. "Unknown" means the SFCU can not be determined because there are no observations or the observations are not sufficient to determine a value. For example, an emergency trauma case may require treatment before SFCU can be established. This term was created based on the SFCU concept proposed by the HL7 Gender Harmony project within the Vocabulary Work Group.[https://confluence.hl7.org/display/VOC/The+Gender+Harmony+Project]
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Sex for clinical use
Property
Type
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Nom
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
SFCU

Example Answer List: LL6114-4

Source: HL7
Externally Defined
Yes

Basic Attributes

Class
ADMIN.PATIENT.DEMOG
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.72
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Change Reason
Release 2.73: AnswerListId: Updated to reflect current Gender Harmony standards from HL7; Status: Accepted as standard for Gender Harmony project from HL7; DefinitionDescription: Updated to reflect current Gender Harmony standards from HL7;
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Language Variants

Tag Language Translation
it-IT Italian (Italy) Sesso per uso clinico:Tipo:Pt:^Paziente:Nom:
Synonyms: Amministrativo Dati demografici del paziente Paziente Punto nel tempo (episodio)
zh-CN Chinese (China) 临床用性别:类型:时间点:^患者:名义型:
Synonyms: sex for clinical use;SFCU;临床性别 分类型应答;分类型结果;名义性;名称型;名词型;名词性;标称性;没有自然次序的名义型或分类型应答 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 型 性;性别特征;性行为;性交;性活动 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 行政;管理;施行;执行;经营 行政管理（行政、管理、施行、执行、经营）.患者（病人、病患、病号、伤病员） 行政管理（行政、管理、施行、执行、经营）.患者（病人、病患、病号、伤病员）.人口统计学信息（人口统计学、人口统计、人口统计数据、人口统计学数据、人口统计特征、人口统计学特征、个人基本信息、人员基本信息、个人基本资料、个人基本数据）

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