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 Spouse

Decedent Spouse is a profile of the FHIR STU3 RelatedPerson resource. It is used to convey name of the person who is the spouse of the decedent at the time of death. Decendent spouse is an optional element useful for identifying a potential source of information about the decedent and a significant person to who information about the death should be conveyed.


UML Expression


Structure Definition

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

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
patient Reference VRDR Decedent
relationship Fixed Value "SPS" 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


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
name Vital Records DAM 4.06 Spouse name
name Death Certificate Item 10 SURVIVING SPOUSEΓÇÖS NAME
name Standard Death Record IG SDR Decedent Profile Patient.contact:sdr-decedent-SurvivingSpouse.name

Instance Example

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