diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/discovery/fields.py b/chord_metadata_service/discovery/fields.py
index 5f36eb84a..f21017139 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/discovery/fields.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/discovery/fields.py
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ async def get_categorical_stats(field_props: DiscoveryFieldProps, low_counts_cen
 
     model, field_name = get_model_and_field(field_props["mapping"])
 
+    # Collect stats for the field, censoring low cell counts along the way
+    # - We cannot append 0-counts for derived labels, since that indicates there is a non-0 count for this label in the
+    #   database - i.e., if the label is pulled from the values in the database, someone could otherwise learn
+    #   1 <= this field <= threshold given it being present at all.
+    # - stats_for_field(...) handles this!
     stats: Mapping[str, int] = await stats_for_field(model, field_name, low_counts_censored, add_missing=True)
 
     # Enforce values order from config and apply policies
@@ -242,35 +247,21 @@ async def get_categorical_stats(field_props: DiscoveryFieldProps, low_counts_cen
     # dataset (enum is null in the public JSON).
     # - Here, apply lexical sort, and exclude the "missing" value which will
     #   be appended at the end if it is set.
-    # - Note that in this situation, we explictly MUST remove rounded-down 0-counts
-    #   (below the threshold) below, otherwise we LEAK that there is 1 <= x <= threshold
-    #   matching entries in the DB.
+    # - Note that in this situation, we explictly MUST HAVE remove rounded-down 0-counts (below the threshold) below,
+    #   otherwise we LEAK that there is 1 <= x <= threshold matching entries in the DB. However, since
+    #   stats_for_field(...) has already handled not adding these keys, these labels don't make it into this list.
     if derived_labels:
         labels = sorted(
             [k for k in stats.keys() if k != "missing"],
             key=lambda x: x.lower()
         )
 
-    bins: list[BinWithValue] = []
-
-    for category in labels:
-        # Censor small counts by rounding them to 0
-        v: int = thresholded_count(stats.get(category, 0), low_counts_censored)
-
-        if v == 0 and derived_labels:
-            # We cannot append 0-counts for derived labels, since that indicates
-            # there is a non-0 count for this label in the database - i.e., if the label is pulled
-            # from the values in the database, someone could otherwise learn 1 <= this field <= threshold
-            # given it being present at all.
-            continue
-
-            # Otherwise (pre-made labels, so we aren't leaking anything), keep the 0-count.
-
-        bins.append({"label": category, "value": v})
-
-    bins.append({"label": "missing", "value": stats["missing"]})
-
-    return bins
+    # Create bin structures for each label, and add an extra `missing` bin for items missing a value for this field.
+    return [
+        # Don't need to re-censor counts - we've already censored them in stats_for_field(...):
+        *({"label": category, "value": stats.get(category, 0)} for category in labels),
+        {"label": "missing", "value": stats["missing"]},
+    ]
 
 
 async def get_date_stats(field_props: DiscoveryFieldProps, low_counts_censored: bool = True) -> list[BinWithValue]:
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/discovery/tests/test_fields.py b/chord_metadata_service/discovery/tests/test_fields.py
index c8d268c8b..2bd552acb 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/discovery/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/discovery/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase, override_settings
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
+from chord_metadata_service.patients import models as pa_m
+from chord_metadata_service.phenopackets.tests import constants as ph_c
+
 from .constants import CONFIG_PUBLIC_TEST
 from ..fields import (
     get_model_and_field,
     get_field_options,
+    get_categorical_stats,
     get_date_stats,
-    get_month_date_range
+    get_month_date_range,
 )
 
 
@@ -51,6 +55,35 @@ async def test_get_field_options_not_impl(self):
             await get_field_options({**self.field_some_prop, "datatype": "made_up"}, low_counts_censored=False)
 
 
+class TestGetCategoricalStats(TransactionTestCase):
+
+    f_sex = {
+        "mapping": "individual/sex",
+        "datatype": "string",
+        "title": "Sex",
+        "description": "Sex",
+        "config": {
+            "enum": None,
+        },
+    }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.individual_1 = pa_m.Individual.objects.create(**ph_c.VALID_INDIVIDUAL_1)
+
+    async def test_categorical_stats_lcf(self):
+        import sys
+        res = await get_categorical_stats(self.f_sex, low_counts_censored=False)
+        print("AAAAA", file=sys.stderr)
+        self.assertListEqual(res, [{"label": "MALE", "value": 1}, {"label": "missing", "value": 0}])
+
+    @override_settings(CONFIG_PUBLIC=CONFIG_PUBLIC_TEST)
+    async def test_categorical_stats_lct(self):
+        import sys
+        res = await get_categorical_stats(self.f_sex, low_counts_censored=True)
+        print("BBBBB", file=sys.stderr)
+        self.assertListEqual(res, [{"label": "missing", "value": 0}])
+
+
 class TestDateStatsExcept(APITestCase):
 
     @override_settings(CONFIG_PUBLIC=CONFIG_PUBLIC_TEST)