Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI)
1.0.0-ballot - STU 1 Ballot US

This page is part of the Medicolegal Death Investigation (MDI) (v1.0.0-ballot: STU1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R4. The current version which supercedes this version is 1.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

ValueSet: ValueSet - Manner of Death

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mdi/ValueSet/ValueSet-manner-of-death Version: 1.0.0-ballot
Active as of 2022-03-02 Computable Name: ValueSetMannerOfDeath

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A set of codes to reflect the manner that a person died. This value set is based on Manner of Death (NCHS)[2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.6002].

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

 

Expansion

This value set contains 6 concepts

Expansion based on SNOMED CT United States edition 01-Sep 2021

All codes in this table are from the system http://snomed.info/sct

CodeDisplay
  38605008Natural death (event)
  7878000Accidental death (event)
  44301001Suicide (event)
  27935005Homicide (event)
  185973002Patient awaiting investigation (finding)
  65037004Death, manner undetermined (event)

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code