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

Injury Location

Injury Location is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Location resource. It is used to convey the name, postal address, and description of the place of injury in the case of a death involving an injury incident.


UML Expression


Structure Definition

id 0..1
profile 1..1
name 1..1
description 1..1
type 1..1 CodeableConceptBinding
address 1..1
physicalType 1..1 CodeableConceptBinding

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


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
address Vital Records DAM 2.1.03 Injury locationPostalAddress
address Death Certificate Item 42 Location of Injury
address Standard Death Record IG SDR DetailsOfInjury Profile Observation.extension:postaladdress

Instance Example

<Location>
  <id value="example-injury-location" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Injury-Location" />
  </meta>
  <name value="Decedent's Home" />
  <address>
    <type value="postal" />
    <line value="7 Example Street" />
    <line value="Unit 1234" />
    <city value="Bedford" />
    <district value="Middlesex" />
    <state value="Massachusetts" />
    <postalCode value="01730" />
    <country value="United States" />
  </address>
</Location>