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 Pronouncement Performer

Death Pronouncement Performer is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Location resource. It is used to convey the identity of practitioner that performed the death pronouncement and determined the actual or presumed date and time of death. It includes the name, qualification, and license number of the performer.


UML Expression


Structure Definition

id 1..1
profile 1..1
name 1..1
identifier 1..1
code 1..1

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
qualification.code Value Set v2 table 0360, Version 2.7

Element Table

Practitioner ..
Practitioner.id 1..1
Practitioner.meta 1..1
Practitioner.meta.profile 1..1
Practitioner.name 1..1
Practitioner.qualification 1..1
Practitioner.qualification.identifier 1..1
Practitioner.qualification.code 1..1


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
name Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party name
name Death Certificate Item 26 Signature of Person Pronouncing Death
name Standard Death Record IG SDR DatePronouncedDead Profile Observation.performer[Practitioner.name]
qualification.identifier Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party identifier
qualification.identifier Death Certificate Item 27 License Number [Person Pronouncing Death]
qualification.identifier Standard Death Record IG SDR DatePronouncedDead Profile Observation.performer[Practitioner.identifier]

Instance Example

<Practitioner>
  <id value="example-death-pronouncement-performer" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Pronouncement-Performer" />
  </meta>
  <name>
    <use value="official" />
    <family value="McCoy" />
    <given value="Beverly" />
    <given value="Jane" />
  </name>
  <qualification>
    <identifier>
      <value value="123456789" />
    </identifier>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/v2/0360/2.7" />
        <code value="MD" />
        <display value="Doctor of Medicine" />
      </coding>
    </code>
  </qualification>
</Practitioner>