Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

SEX - Sex of the patient

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General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

The sex of the patient (SEX) is provided by the data source. All non-male, no-female (e.g., "other") values are set to missing (.). If SEX is inconsistent with diagnoses (DE1nn) or procedures (DE2nn), SEX is set to inconsistent (.C). Beginning in 1998, this information is retained in the data element FEMALE.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description SEX Sex of the patient 1 Male 2 Female . Missing .A Invalid .B Unavailable from source (coded in 1988-1997 data only) .C Inconsistent: ED1nn, ED2nn

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State Specific Notes

Colorado From 1988-1992, the source provided an "Other/Unknown" sex category, which included patients undergoing sex changes, undetermined sex, live births with congenital abnormalities that make it impossible to determine sex, and patients whose sex was unavailable from any source document. The "Other/Unknown" category was included under missing (.). Starting in 1993, there was no documented source code for category of "Other". Any undocumented codes were set to invalid (.A).

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