Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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This page is part of the Vital Records Death Reporting FHIR Implementation Guide (v3.0.0-ballot: STU 3 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. The current version which supersedes this version is 2.2.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: Document Section

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs Version: 3.0.0-ballot
Active as of 2024-04-05 Computable Name: DocumentSectionCS
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.10.16.6

Document Section Code System

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

Changes since version true:

  • No changes

    • This case-insensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs defines the following codes:

    CodeDisplayDefinition
    DecedentDemographics Decedent Demographics Contains decedent demographic data. Demographic data includes information about related persons (Mother, Father, and Spouse) and social determinants such as education level. The information in this document section are provided by a decedent informant.
    DeathInvestigation Death Investigation Contains data obtained during the course of investigating a death. Many of these items are conditionally present in a death certification transaction depending on whether or not a autopsy was performed, an injury incident occurred, or a transportation event was involved.
    DeathCertification Death Certification Contains data related to the primary concern of the VRDR IG, Death Certification. In this group the causes of death and the causal pathway are documented and attested to by a death certifier (coroner or medical examiner).
    DecedentDisposition Decedent Disposition Contains data related to the disposition of the decedents remains. The data in this profile group is typically provided by the funeral home performing the disposition services. The content of this section is authenticated by the funeral home director.
    CodedContent Coded Content Contains coded cause of death and demographic data generated by NCHS from the content of the submitted death record.