| SEX - Sex of the patient |
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The sex of the patient (SEX) is provided by the data source. All non-male, no-female (e.g., "other") values are set to missing (.). If SEX is inconsistent with diagnoses (DE1nn) or procedures (DE2nn), SEX is set to inconsistent (.C). Beginning in 1998, this information is retained in the data element FEMALE. |
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