Do you have any guidance on transgender coding? The read codes that we can find seem to relate to either disorder or dysphoria. Please advise if there was a more specific code for transgender.

Posted by: Liz Lawrence - Posted on:

Unfortunately Read Codes have been depreciated and are no longer being updated. The omission of a ‘transgender’ code is an example for the need to move to a newer coding terminology. In December 2019, NHS Scotland have made an official announcement of the intention to move to SNOMED CT.

In SNOMED CT there is an Active term:

12271241000119109 | Transgender identity (finding)

Transgender identity (finding)
Transgender identity
Transgender

There is no Read code that corresponds to this term.

For your information, Read codes Eu64. [X]Gender identity disorders and ZV62A [V] Gender dysphoria map to SNOMED CT active terms with the same textual information but omit the [X] and [V]. Another option is Read code: 1K4.. Gender reassignment patient which maps to the exact same textual information on SNOMED CT, but is also not ideal.