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Status

colour	Blue
title	proposal

, NOT IMPLEMENTED - UNDER DISCUSSION

Resource affected	Patient
Decision	Wycliffe Waweru and XXXXXXXX on July 18th 2023 ????
Initial implementation	Expected early August
Last update	Jul 18th 2023

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Initial standard values [July 2023]

Code	coding system	Display	aka / description	LOINC	SNOMED CT
ST	HETpcorn	Heterosexual	Straight	LA22876-9	20430005
LE	HOFpcorn	Female Homosexual	Lesbian	LA22875-1 Homosexual	89217008*
GA	HOMpcorn	Male Homosexual	Gay	LA22875-1 Homosexual	76102007*
BI	BSXpcorn	Bisexual		LA22877-7	42035005
OTH	null flavor	Other		LA46-8	???
ASKU	null flavor	Asked but unknown	Person asked and does not know or is not sure Sexual orientation undecided	LA20384-6	1064711000000108	DND	Did not disclose
DC	pcorn	Decline to answer (see note)	Prefer not to say Asked but unknown not given – patient refused	LA31066-6	440583007
UNK	null flavor	Unknown		LA4489-6	440583007

*SNOMED CT: Female Homosexual and Male Homosexual can be mapped to Homosexual 38628009

Sources: LOINC | UK NHS | HealthIT | pcornet | verified with SNOMED BROWSER

Note: FHIR does NOT plan to add an option for “decline to answer”

As of July 2023, we are not considering the need for further values

Code	Answer	Code Ref
AS	Asexual	pcorn
QU	Queer	pcorn
QS	Questioning	pcorn
MU	Multiple Sexual Orientations	pcorn
SE	Something Else	pcorn

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