diff --git a/src/api/types.ts b/src/api/types.ts
index 2040d7775..e463f5879 100644
--- a/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/src/api/types.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export interface OHRIFormFieldProps {
     value: any,
     setErrors: (errors: Array<ValidationResult>) => void,
     setWarnings: (warnings: Array<ValidationResult>) => void,
+    isUnspecified?: boolean,
   ) => void;
   handler: SubmissionHandler;
   // This is of util to components defined out of the engine
diff --git a/src/components/encounter/ohri-encounter-form.component.tsx b/src/components/encounter/ohri-encounter-form.component.tsx
index 0f7ee5e09..c50d52dd2 100644
--- a/src/components/encounter/ohri-encounter-form.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/encounter/ohri-encounter-form.component.tsx
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ export const OHRIEncounterForm: React.FC<OHRIEncounterFormProps> = ({
     value: any,
     setErrors: (errors: Array<ValidationResult>) => void,
     setWarnings: (warnings: Array<ValidationResult>) => void,
+    isUnspecified: boolean,
   ) => {
     const field = fields.find((field) => field.id == fieldName);
     const validators = Array.isArray(field.validators)
@@ -533,14 +534,16 @@ export const OHRIEncounterForm: React.FC<OHRIEncounterFormProps> = ({
     };
     const errors = [];
     const warnings = [];
-    for (let validatorConfig of validators) {
-      const errorsAndWarinings =
-        formFieldValidators[validatorConfig.type].validate(field, value, {
-          ...basevalidatorConfig,
-          ...validatorConfig,
-        }) || [];
-      errors.push(...errorsAndWarinings.filter((error) => error.resultType == 'error'));
-      warnings.push(...errorsAndWarinings.filter((error) => error.resultType == 'warning'));
+    if (!isUnspecified) {
+      for (let validatorConfig of validators) {
+        const errorsAndWarinings =
+          formFieldValidators[validatorConfig.type].validate(field, value, {
+            ...basevalidatorConfig,
+            ...validatorConfig,
+          }) || [];
+        errors.push(...errorsAndWarinings.filter((error) => error.resultType == 'error'));
+        warnings.push(...errorsAndWarinings.filter((error) => error.resultType == 'warning'));
+      }
     }
     setErrors?.(errors);
     setWarnings?.(warnings);
diff --git a/src/components/inputs/unspecified/ohri-unspecified.component.tsx b/src/components/inputs/unspecified/ohri-unspecified.component.tsx
index 1b7cb20f2..859a8ee86 100644
--- a/src/components/inputs/unspecified/ohri-unspecified.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/inputs/unspecified/ohri-unspecified.component.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const OHRIUnspecified: React.FC<OHRIFormFieldProps> = ({ question, onChan
   const handleOnChange = useCallback(
     (value) => {
       setFieldValue(`${question.id}-unspecified`, value.target.checked);
-      onChange(question.id, field.value, setErrors, setWarnings);
+      onChange(question.id, field.value, setErrors, setWarnings, value.target.checked);
       question.value = handler?.handleFieldSubmission(question, field.value, encounterContext);
     },
     [fields],