Sex [AHRQ]   74698-2

LOINC Code


LOINC code74698-2
nameSex [AHRQ]
descriptionThe patient's documented sex (gender) on arrival at the hospital. This term was created for the "Patient gender" data element on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Event Reporting Form (HERF), version 1.2. [https://ushik.ahrq.gov/ViewItemDetails?&system=mdr&itemKey=169064000&enableAsynchronousLoading=true]
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentSex
propertyType  =  Type:  The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known.
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system^Patient
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
methodAHRQ

Additional Names

short name

Basic Attributes

classSURVEY.AHRQ
type4  Surveys
order vs. observationObservation

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Panels

74771-7Neonatal Patient Information [AHRQ]
74772-5Patient Information [AHRQ]

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.56
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonChanged Component from 'Gender' to 'Sex' to align with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of this concept.

Related Names

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Gender
Nominal
Point in time
Random
Survey
SURVEY.AHRQ
Typ

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