Guidelines for coding sex and gender

We code binary sex assigned at birth as documented in the Sex field.

On an unrelated note, Gail mentioned some other code that we have inappropriately worded on our page but I didn't hear the details. Gail, could you comment? Ttenbergen 12:05, 2022 September 7 (CDT)

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Coding transsexuality

We don't specifically encode transsexuality. We used to code Gender identity disorder but discontinued coding it.

Space for any explanation you might want to add.

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We collect some ICD10 codes that for surgical interventions that might happen as part of transitioning. We would code these as any other history of surgery. Specifically:

• Past history, removal of organ NOS for hysterectomy if appropriate. We discussed whether removed testicles should be included in this; if so it needs to be added to that page as well
• Past history, removal of breast (mastectomy) if appropriate

I think we don't code hormone replacement therapy itself. If there are common side effects that manifest in a way that is ICD10 encodable, would we want to list them here? Ttenbergen 15:39, 2022 September 7 (CDT)

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Related articles

Related articles:

Sex field (← links) Gender (redirect page) (← links) Gender identity disorder (← links)