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Person sex
https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/CodeSystem/person-sex-1
The Person Sex code system defines concepts that support the recording of a person's biological sex. Sex is a biological concept, the distinction between male, female, and others who do not have biological characteristics typically associated with either the male or female sex. The concepts defined in this code system are equivalent to those defined in the value domain for the METEOR data element Person—sex, code X http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/741686.

# description
The Person Sex code system defines concepts that support the recording of a person's biological sex. Sex is a biological concept, the distinction between male, female, and others who do not have biological characteristics typically associated with either the male or female sex. The concepts defined in this code system are equivalent to those defined in the value domain for the METEOR data element Person—sex, code X http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/741686.

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# concept[].definition
Persons whose sex at birth or infancy was recorded as male, or who reported their sex as male at the time of collection.

# concept[].definition
Persons whose sex at birth or infancy was recorded as female, or who reported their sex as female at the time of collection.

# concept[].definition
Persons whose sex at birth or infancy was recorded as another term (not male or female), or who reported their sex as another term (not male or female) at the time of collection. The value meaning of Another term has been assigned to Code 3 for this value domain, which replaces Other and Intersex or indeterminate in previous versions of this element. The third option recognises that across Australian jurisdictions and elsewhere there are a range of terms used.

# concept[].definition
This supplementary value is used to code inadequately described responses and non-responses for sex. It is not to be used on primary collection forms. It is primarily for use in administrative collections when transferring data from data sets where the item has not been collected.