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. 2023 Jun 24;6(2):ooad042. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooad042

Table 1.

Choices available for gender and sex in the sexual orientation/gender identity (SOGI) data fields

Legal sex Sex assigned at birth Gender identity
Female Female Female
Male Male Male
Unknown Choose not to disclose Nonbinary
Not recorded on birth certificate Other
Uncertain Transgender female/male to female
Unknown Transgender male/female to male
[Blank] Choose not to disclose
[Blank]

Note: Legal sex cannot be selected directly by patient; any changes in legal sex required documentation and review under hospital policy. Sex assigned at birth and gender identity can be left blank, whereas legal sex must be 1 of the 3 options. There is option to auto-fill sex assigned at birth and gender identity by selecting either cisgender female or cisgender male. This option will match sex assigned at birth and gender identity to the legal sex currently in the system for the patient.