California Cancer Registry Volume I: Abstracting and Coding Procedures for Hospitals
This field documents the sex (gender) of the patient.
Definitions:
Transsexual: Surgically altered gender
Transgendered: A person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth.
Coding Instructions:
Enter the appropriate code for the patient’s gender
Code the natal sex (sex at birth) when known over transsexual or transgender
When patient’s gender is unknown
Code to 1 when primary site is C600-C639
Code to 2 when Primary site is C510-C589
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.
Codes:
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, *see 2nd bullet above) |
9 |
Unknown |