Vital Records Death Reporting

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

Decedent Disposition Method

Decedent Disposition Method is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Observation resource. It is used to convey information regarding the method use to dispose of the decedentΓÇÖs remains. It includes a reference to the mortician and location involved as well as a coded observation value indicating the method use ΓÇô burial, cremation, cryonics.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

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Element Bindings

Element Name	Binding Type	Binding Value	Fixed Value Code System
code	Fixed Value	"80905-3"	LOINC
location	Reference	VRDR Disposition Location
performer	Reference	VRDR Mortician
status	Fixed Value	"final"	observation-status
subject	Reference	VRDR Decedent
valueCodeableConcept	Value Set	DispositionTypeVS

Element Table

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Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path	Reference	Location	Data Item
valueCodeableConcept	Vital Records DAM	2.1.04 Decedent Disposition	dispositionMethod
valueCodeableConcept	Death Certificate	Item 18	Method of Disposition
valueCodeableConcept	Standard Death Record IG	SDR Decedent Profile	Patient.extension:disposition[dispositiontype]

Instance Example

<Observation>
  <id value="example-decedent-disposition-method" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Disposition-Method" />
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Disposition-Location">
    <valueReference>
      <reference value="example-disposition-location" />
    </valueReference>
  </extension>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
      <code value="80905-3" />
      <display value="Body disposition method" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <performer>
    <reference value="example-mortician" />
  </performer>
  <valueCodeableConcept>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
      <code value="449971000124106" />
      <display value="Burial" />
    </coding>
  </valueCodeableConcept>
</Observation>