Tag(0010,0040)
KeywordPatientSex
VRCS
VM1
What it holds
Defined terms M, F or O.
In migrations and validation
Used as a tie-breaker in patient matching. Legacy data contains lowercase values, full words and unknown codes that need normalizing before comparison.
Related tags
- Patient's Name (0010,0010): PatientName, PN
- Patient's Birth Date (0010,0030): PatientBirthDate, DA
More patient tags
- Patient ID (0010,0020)
- Issuer of Patient ID (0010,0021)
- Other Patient IDs Sequence (0010,1002)
- Patient's Age (0010,1010)
Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.