Death Date

Death Date is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Observation resource. It conveys the actual or presumed date of death as well as the date of the death data pronouncement. It includes references to the decedent, the location of death, and the performer of the death pronouncement. The optional method code element is used to convey that the date of death is an estimated date.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

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

VRDR-Death-Location

final

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1",
      "code": "81956-5",
      "display": "Date and time of death"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.96",
      "code": "414135002",
      "display": "Estimated"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1",
      "code": "80616-6",
      "display": "Date and time pronounced dead"
    }
  ]
}

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

<Observation>
  <id value="example-death-date" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Date" />
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/Patient-Location">
    <valueReference>
      <reference value="Location/example-patient-location" />
    </valueReference>
  </extension>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
      <code value="81956-5" />
      <display value="Date and time of death" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <performer>
    <reference value="Practitioner/example-death-pronouncement-performer" />
  </performer>
  <valueDateTime value="2018-04-24T00:00:00+00:00" />
  <component>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
        <code value="80616-6" />
        <display value="Date and time pronounced dead" />
      </coding>
    </code>
    <effectiveDateTime value="2018-04-25T00:00:00+00:00" />
  </component>
</Observation>