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How NSS gender information is mapped into FHIR representation

Subject gender

Appears primarily in the .gender element of the FHIR Patient instance (NzPatient profile).

'Gender diverse' is a special case with an additional mapping using the genderOriginalText extension.

gender in
National Screening Solution
FHIR AdministrativeGender
coding in Patient.gender
CodeableConcept
gender.genderOriginalText
(extension to NzPatient profile in NZ Base IG)
valueString
Female #female none
Male #male none
Unknown #unknown none
Gender Diverse #other "Gender Diverse"

Sex assigned at birth

Maps directly to the FHIR Patient instance (NzPatient profile) using the special extension from the NZ Base IG.

Sex Assigned At Birth
in National Screening Solution
FHIR AdministrativeGender coding
in Patient.sex-at-birth
CodeableConcept
Female #female
Male #male
Other #other