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Decedent Father

Decedent Father is a profile of the FHIR STU3 RelatedPerson resource. It is used to convey name of the person who is the father of the decedent, if known. Decendent father is an optional element useful as an additional qualifier for the decendent's identity and when a genetic link between death incidents or cause of dearh is a focus of investigation or study


UML Expression


Structure Definition

id 0..1
profile 1..1
patient 1..1 Reference(Patient)
relationship 1..1 CodeableConceptFixed Value
name 1..1

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
patient Reference VRDR Decedent
relationship Fixed Value "FTH" v3-RoleCode

Element Table

RelatedPerson ..
RelatedPerson.id 0..1
RelatedPerson.meta 0..1
RelatedPerson.meta.profile 1..1
RelatedPerson.patient Reference(Patient) 1..1
RelatedPerson.relationship CodeableConcept 1..1
RelatedPerson.name 1..1


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
name Vital Records DAM 4.05 Father name
name Death Certificate Item 11 Father's Name
name Standard Death Record IG SDR Decedent Profile Patient.contact:sdr-decedent-Father.name

Instance Example

<RelatedPerson>
  <id value="example-decedent-father" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Father" />
  </meta>
  <patient>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </patient>
  <relationship>
    <coding>
      <code value="FTH" />
    </coding>
  </relationship>
  <name>
    <family value="father" />
  </name>
</RelatedPerson>