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| FEMALE - Indicator of sex |
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The sex of the patient (FEMALE) is provided by the data source. All non-male, non-female (e.g., "other") values are set to missing (.). If FEMALE is inconsistent with diagnoses (EDX03) or procedures (EPR03), FEMALE is set to inconsistent (.C). In HCUP databases before 1998, this data element is called SEX. |
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Colorado According to the documentation available from the source, "Other/Unknown" includes patients undergoing sex changes, undetermined sex, live births with congenital abnormalities, and patients whose sex was unavailable from any source document. The source value for "Other/Unknown" was recoded to missing (.), during HCUP processing of 1988-1992 discharges. Beginning in 1993, "Other/Unknown" was recoded to invalid (.A) during HCUP processing. Utah The source value "E" for "Encrypted patient gender (confidential data)" is recoded to missing (FEMALE = .). Utah encrypts the patient gender for the following two conditions:
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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Description of Data Elements.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). April 2008 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/female/kidnote.jsp. |
| Last modified 4/2/08 |