X0300: Gender

X0300: Gender (A0800 on existing record to be modified/inactivated)

Coding Instructions for X0300, Gender

Enter the gender code 1 “Male,” 2 “Female,” or – (dash value indicating unable to determine) exactly as submitted for item A0800 “Gender” on the prior erroneous record to be modified/inactivated.

Although a dash (indicating unable to determine) is no longer an acceptable value in A0800, a dash must be used in X0300 on a modification or inactivation request to locate a record if a dash was previously entered in A0800 on the original record.

Note that the gender in X0300 does not have to match the current value of A0800 on a modification request. The entries may be different if the modification is correcting the gender.