Sex [NAACCR v.11]   21840-4

LOINC Code


LOINC code21840-4
nameSex [NAACCR v.11]
descriptionCode for the sex of the patient, created for the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11.
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.
methodNAACCR v.11

Additional Names

short nameSex NAACCR v.11

Basic Attributes

classTUMRRGT
type2  Clinical

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

46439-6Demographic section Set NAACCR v.11
60499-1Demographic section Set NAACCR v.12

History/Usage

test rank11193 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
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

Gender
Nominal
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
Oncology
Point in time
Random
TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR)
Typ

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