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  2. FHIR-39216

Should the gender definitions in the gender identity code system exclude terms like female and male.

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    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • R5
    • Patient Administration
    • Terminologies - Systems
    • 4.3.2.187
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      As described in the GHP IG, the value set we have for Gender Identity is meant to be a base set that jurisdictions can expand on.  We selected male and female as age-neutral codes for man/boy and woman/girl, also considering that male and female can be identities themselves.

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      As described in the GHP IG , the value set we have for Gender Identity is meant to be a base set that jurisdictions can expand on.  We selected male and female as age-neutral codes for man/boy and woman/girl, also considering that male and female can be identities themselves.

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      Should the gender definitions in the gender identity code system exclude terms like female and male.

      (Comment 24 - imported by: Ron G. Parker)

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