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Decedent Pregnancy

Decedent Pregnancy is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Observation resource. It is used to convey information regarding pregnancy status of female decedents at the time of death and up to one year prior to death.


UML Expression


Structure Definition

id 0..1
profile 1..1
status 1..1 codeFixed Value
code 1..1 CodeableConceptFixed Value
subject 1..1 Reference(Patient | Group | Device | Location)
value[x] 1..1
valueCodeableConcept Binding

Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
code Fixed Value "69442-2" LOINC
status Fixed Value "final" observation-status
subject Reference VRDR Decedent
valueCodeableConcept Value Set PregnancyStatusVS

Element Table

Observation ..
Observation.id 0..1
Observation.meta 0..1
Observation.meta.profile 1..1
Observation.status code 1..1
Observation.code CodeableConcept 1..1
Observation.subject Reference(Patient | Group | Device | Location) 1..1
Observation.value[x] 1..1
Observation.valueCodeableConcept:valueCodeableConcept ..


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
valueCodeableConcept Vital Records DAM 3.02 Decedent pregnancyStatus
valueCodeableConcept Death Certificate Item 36 Pregnancy - If Female
valueCodeableConcept Standard Death Record IG SDR TimingOfRecentPregnancyInRelationToDeath Profile Observation.valueCodeableConcept

Instance Example

<Observation>
  <id value="example-decedent-pregnancy" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Pregnancy" />
  </meta>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://loinc.org" />
      <code value="69442-2" />
      <display value="Timing of recent pregnancy in relation to death" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <valueCodeableConcept>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://www.hl7.org/fhir/stu3/valueset-PregnancyStatusVS" />
      <code value="PHC1260" />
      <display value="Not pregnant within past year" />
    </coding>
  </valueCodeableConcept>
</Observation>