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 Location

Death Location is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Location resource. It is used to convey the identity of the physical location that is the place where the decedentΓÇÖs death occurred. It includes the name, description, and postal address of the place of death. The type of location is express as physical type ΓÇô building, vehicle, road ΓÇô and if death occurred in a hospital the type of service delivery location ΓÇô inpatient, emergency, ambulatory.


UML Expression


Structure Definition

id 1..1
profile 1..1
name 1..1
description 1..1
type 1..1
address 1..1
physicalType 1..1

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
physicalType Value Set Location-physical-type
type Value Set v3-ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType

Element Table

Location ..
Location.id 1..1
Location.meta 0..1
Location.meta.profile 1..1
Location.name 1..1
Location.description 1..1
Location.type 1..1
Location.address 1..1
Location.physicalType 1..1


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
address Vital Records DAM 2.03 Facility postalAddress
address Death Certificate Item 16 City or Town, state, and zip
address Death Certificate Item 17 County of Death
address Standard Death Record IG SDR Decedent Profile Patient.extension:placeofdeath[postaladdress]
name Vital Records DAM 2.03 Facility facilityname [place of death]
name Death Certificate Item 15 Facility Name
name Standard Death Record IG SDR Decedent Profile Patient.extension:placeofdeath[facilityname]
physicalType Vital Records DAM 2.02 Event Location locationType
physicalType Death Certificate Item 14 Place of Death
physicalType Standard Death Record IG SDR Decedent Profile Patient.extension:placeofdeath[placeofdeathtype]

Instance Example

<Location>
  <id value="example-death-location" />
  <name value="Example Hospital" />
  <description value="Example Hospital Wing B" />
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType" />
      <code value="HOSP" />
      <display value="Hospital" />
    </coding>
  </type>
  <address>
    <line value="8 Example Street" />
    <city value="Bedford" />
    <district value="Middlesex" />
    <state value="Massachusetts" />
    <postalCode value="01730" />
    <country value="United States" />
  </address>
  <physicalType>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type" />
      <code value="wa" />
      <display value="Ward" />
    </coding>
  </physicalType>
</Location>