Death Certificate

Death Certificate is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Composition resource. A composition resource is the basic structure from which FHIR Documents - immutable bundles with attested narrative - are built. The death certificate composition is the structured content of the death certificate document to which the certifier attests and is referenceable by other interested parties. It includes the date of attestation and the immutable unique identifier assigned by the originating authoritative source of the death certification, typically the public health agency with jurisdictional accountability for the death.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Certificate

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "code": "\"64297-5\""
    }
  ]
}

VRDR Decedent

"legal"

"legal"

VRDR Certifier

"103693007"

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "code": "\"103693007\""
    }
  ]
}

VRDR Death Certification

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

<Composition>
  <id value="example-death-certificate" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Certificate" />
  </meta>
  <identifier>
    <value value="123454" />
  </identifier>
  <status value="final" />
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org" />
      <code value="64297-5" />
    </coding>
  </type>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <date value="2019-01-29T16:48:06.4988220-05:00" />
  <title value="Record of Death" />
  <attester>
    <mode value="legal" />
    <time value="time" />
    <party>
      <reference value="example-practitioner" />
    </party>
  </attester>
  <event>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <code value="103693007" />
      </coding>
    </code>
    <detail>
      <reference value="example-death-certification" />
    </detail>
  </event>
</Composition>