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BirthSex

The SDK supports the BirthSex extension for the Patient resource.

URL Definition​

using FhirUkCore.Uris;

String extensionUrl = UkCoreUris.ExtensionBirthSex;

HasBirthSex​

To test whether the extension has been applied to a Patient resource, the HasBirthSex method can be used.
This returns a boolean.

using Hl7.Fhir.Model;

Boolean existsBirthSex = pat.HasBirthSex();

SetBirthSex​

To set the birth sex for a Patient, the SetBirthSex method can be used.
This is used with the enum UKCoreBirthSex.

using Hl7.Fhir.Model;

Patient pat = new Patient();

pat.SetBirthSex(UKCoreBirthSex.Female);

GetBirthSex​

To retrieve the birth sex from a Patient resource, the GetBirthSex method can be used.
This will return a null if no data is available.

using Hl7.Fhir.Model;

Code sex = pat.GetBirthSex();