Determining the Sex Assigned at Birth of Transgender and Nonbinary Populations in Administrative Claims Databases Utilizing Diagnostic and Procedure Codes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Widespread conflation of sex assigned at birth and gender has hindered the identification of transgender and nonbinary people in large datasets. The study objective was to develop a method of determining the sex assigned at birth of transgender and nonbinary patients utilizing sex-specific diagnostic and procedural codes, for future use in administrative claims databases, with a goal of expanding the available datasets for exploring sex-specific conditions among transgender and nonbinary people.

Methods

Authors reviewed indexes of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, and medical record data from a single institution's gender-affirming clinics. Sex-specific ICD and CPT codes were identified through author revie

SUBMITTER: Haley C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066769 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature