STATUS: PROPOSAL , NOT IMPLEMENTED - UNDER DISCUSSION
Resource affected | Patient |
|---|---|
Decision | Wycliffe Waweru and XXXXXXXX |
Initial implementation | Expected early August |
Last update | Jul 18th 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 | Display | aka / description | LOINC | SNOMED CT | In LOINC ValueSet LL3323-4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | Heterosexual | Straight | X | |||
LE | Female Homosexual | Lesbian | 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
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) |
National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Asexual | ||
Release history
Version | Date | Released as |
|---|---|---|
1.0 | Deployment of XXXX | |