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: Local Observation Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-observations-cs Version: 3.0.0-ballot
Active as of 2024-04-05 Computable Name: ObservationsCS
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.10.16.10

Local Observation Codes for observations that lack an appropriate LOINC code

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-observations-cs defines the following codes:

    CodeDisplayDefinition
    emergingissues Emerging Issues NCHS-required emerging issues data.
    codedraceandethnicity Coded Race and Ethnicity Coded Race and Ethnicity Data produced by NCHS from submitted death record
    inputraceandethnicity Race and Ethnicity Data submitted by Jurisdictions to NCHS