STATUS:
| Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Resource affected | Patient | Decision | Wycliffe Waweru and XXXXXXXX|
|---|---|---|---|
Approved by | Interdepartmental Metrics Working Group | ||
Initial implementation | Expected early August | Last update | Jul 18th Q4 2023 |
Definition
An individual's physical and/or emotional attraction to another individual of the same gender, opposite gender, or both genders. Sexual orientation is independent of gender identity and biological sex (aka sex assigned at birth).
Based on term https://loinc.org/76690-7/
Initial standard values [July 2023]
Based on LOINC Answer List https://loinc.org/LL3323-4 for term https://loinc.org/76690-7/
Code | Code System | DisplayCode Ref | aka / description | LOINC | SNOMED CT | ICD-10/11 | HeterosexualIn LOINC ValueSet LL3323-4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | Heterosexual | Straight | X | ||||
LE | Female Homosexual | Lesbian | 38628009 | Homosexual | just Homosexual | ||
GA | Male Homosexual | Gay | just Homosexual | ||||
BI | Bisexual | X | |||||
OTH | Other | ??? | X | ||||
ASKU | Asked but unknown | Person asked and does not know or is not sure Sexual orientation undecided | X | ||||
DC | Decline to answer (see note) | Prefer not to say Asked but unknown not given – patient refused | |||||
UNK | Unknown | X |
*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”
Values that we will add when the request is validated
As of July 2023, we are not considering the need for further values
Code | Answer | Code Ref | LOINC | SNOMED CT | ICD-10/11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS | Asexual | ||||
QU | Queer | ||||
QS | Questioning | ||||
MU | Multiple Sexual Orientations | ||||
SE | Something Else |
Other value sets considered, but not used
LOINC 76690-7 Heterosexual | LA22876-9 | SNOMED CT US / HL7 v3 Straight or heterosexual | 20430005 | |
XXXXX Straight or heterosexual | XXXXXX Heterosexual or straight | |
USCDI v3 draft | XXXXX Straight | XXXXX Straight (heterosexual) |
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Code
Definition
AS
Asexual
Asexual |
BI
Bisexual |
Person has a Bisexual orientation.
GA
Gay |
Person has a Gay sexual orientation.
LE
Lesbian |
Person has a Lesbian sexual orientation.
Queer
Queer |
QS
Questioning |
Person has a sexual orientation of Questioning.
ST
Straight
Straight |
SE
Something Else |
Person has sexual orientation of Something Else.
MU
Multiple Sexual Orientations |
Person has Multiple sexual orientations.
DC
Decline to Answer |
Person has declined to answer about their sexual orientataion.
NI
No Information |
There is no information about the Persons sexual orientation
|
OT
Other |
Persons sexual orientation is Other.
Release history
Version | Date | Released as |
|---|---|---|
1.0 | Deployment of XXXX | |
References
ValueSet: PCORNet Sexual Orientation (from US Common Data Models Harmonization)
ValueSet from Answer List https://loinc.org/LL3323-4 for term https://loinc.org/76690-7/: https://fhir.loinc.org/ValueSet/LL3323-4 [canonical URL:
http://loinc.org/vs/LL3323-4]