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

ConceptMap: PlaceOfDeath Concept Map

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/PlaceOfDeathCM Version: 3.0.0-ballot
Draft as of 2024-04-05 Computable Name: PlaceOfDeath
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.10.18.14

Usage:Clinical Focus: for IJE to FHIR alignment

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR PlaceOfDeath Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary

Mapping from (not specified) to Place of Death ValueSet

DRAFT. Published on 2024-04-05 15:54:34+0000 by HL7 International / Public Health (HL7 International / Public Health: http://www.hl7.org/Special/com..., pher@lists.HL7.org).

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR PlaceOfDeath Value Sets


Group 1 Mapping from Placeholder Code System for IJE in Vital Records to SNOMED CT (all versions)

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
1 (Inpatient)is equivalent to16983000 (Death in hospital)
2 (Emergency Room/Outpatient)is equivalent to450391000124102 (Death in hospital-based emergency department or outpatient department)
3 (Dead on Arrival)is equivalent to63238001 (Dead on arrival at hospital)
4 (Decedent's Home)is equivalent to440081000124100 (Death in home)
5 (Hospice Facility)is equivalent to440071000124103 (Death in hospice)
6 (Nursing Home/Long Term Care Facility)is equivalent to450381000124100 (Death in nursing home or long term care facility)

Group 2 Mapping from Placeholder Code System for IJE in Vital Records to NullFlavor

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
7 (Other)is equivalent toOTH (other)
9 (Unknown)is equivalent toUNK (unknown)