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

Condition Contributing to Death

Decedent Age is a profile of the FHIR stu3 Observation resource. It is used to communicate the decedent's chronological age at the time of death. When present, the effective date of this observation shall be equal to the decedent's date of death. Age (Observation.valueQuantity.value) is derived as the difference in time between the decedent's death date and birth date. When age is less than or equal to one day then unit shall be "minutes", when age is less than or equal to one year then unit shall be "days", otherwise unit shall be "years".


UML Expression


Structure Definition

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id 0..1
profile 1..1
status 1..1 codeFixed Value
mode 1..1 codeFixed Value
source 1..1 Reference(Practitioner | Patient | Device)
orderedBy 1..1 CodeableConceptFixed Value
item 1..1 Reference(Resource)

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
asserter Reference VRDR Certifier
code.code Value Set Condition-code
subject Reference VRDR Decedent

Element Table

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Observation ..
Observation.id 0..1
Observation.meta 0..1
Observation.meta.profile Reference(VRDR Autopsy Performed Indicator) 1..1
Observation.status code 1..1
Observation.code CodeableConcept 1..1
Observation.subject Reference(VRDR Decedent) 1..1
Observation.value[x] 1..1
Observation.valueCodeableConcept:valueCodeableConcept ..
Observation.component 1..1
Observation.component.code CodeableConcept 1..1
Observation.component.value[x] 1..1
Observation.component.valueCodeableConcept:valueCodeableConcept ..


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
code.code Vital Records DAM 2.1.01 Death Event significantContributingCause
code.code Death Certificate Item 32II Other Significant Conditions Contributing to Death
code.code Standard Death Record IG SDR ContributedToDeathCondition Profile Condition.code
code.text Vital Records DAM 2.1.01 Death Event significantContributingCause
code.text Death Certificate Item 32II Other Significant Conditions Contributing to Death
code.text Standard Death Record IG SDR ContributedToDeathCondition Profile Condition.code