California Cancer Reporting System Standards Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
Enter one of the following codes for the patient's sex:
Code |
Description |
1 |
Male |
2 |
Female |
3 |
Hermaphrodite/Intersexed (persons with sex chromosome abnormalities) |
4 |
Transsexual/Transgendered (persons who desire or plan to undergo or have undergone sex change surgery) |
9 |
Unknown |
If the patient's first name is not a common male or female name or it is ambiguous with regard to gender, include a statement in the Remarks field confirming the patient's gender.