Condition Contributing to Death

Condition Contributing to Death is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Condition resource. It is used to convey a significant condition or circumstance that contributed to the cause of death but did not result in the underlying cause nor participated in the causal pathway to the final or immediate cause of death. Like the causes of death, conditions contributing to death are initially conveyed as free text descriptions and sent to the NCHS to be encoded. Unlike a cause of death, conditions contributing to death do not include an onset nor are they sequenced in priority or chronological order.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Condition-Contributintg-To-Death

VRDR Decedent

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

<Condition>
  <id value="example-condition-contributing-to-death" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Condition-Contributintg-To-Death" />
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="additional" />
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Example Contributing Conditions</div>
  </text>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
</Condition>