This page is part of the Vital Records Mortality and Morbidity Reporting FHIR IG (v0.1.0: STU 1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 2.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
Death Certificate Document is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Bundle resource. A FHIR bundle resource is a container for a collection of resources. In the case of the death certificate document it is a container of resources conveying certification of death. The first entry in the bundle is the death certificate composition. Remaining entries in the bundle are all of the directly related and supporting resources conveying information contained in the death certificate ΓÇô decedent demographics, death investigation, death certification, and disposition of the decedentΓÇÖs remains.
| Bundle | Bundle | ||
| id | 0..1 | ||
| meta | 0..1 | ||
| profile | 1..1 | ||
| identifier | 1..1 | ||
| type | 1..1 | codeFixed Value | |
| entry | 1..1 | BackboneElement | |
| resource | 1..1 | Resource |
| Element Name | Binding Type | Binding Value | Fixed Value Code System |
|---|---|---|---|
| entry.resource | Reference | VRDR Death Certificate | |
| type | Fixed Value | "document" | bundle-type |
| Bundle | .. | |
| Bundle.id | 0..1 | |
| Bundle.meta | 0..1 | |
| Bundle.meta.profile | 1..1 | |
| Bundle.identifier | 1..1 | |
| Bundle.type | code | 1..1 |
| Bundle.entry | BackboneElement | 1..1 |
| Bundle.entry.resource | Resource | 1..1 |
<Bundle xmlns="http://www.hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="1"/>
<meta>
<profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document" />
</meta>
<identifier>
<value value="1234567890" />
</identifier>
<type value="document" />
<entry>
</entry>
</Bundle>