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 (v2.1.0: STU 2) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version in its permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

ConceptMap: MannerOfDeathCM

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MannerOfDeathCM Version: 2.1.0
Draft as of 2023-03-24 Computable Name: MannerOfDeath

Usage:Clinical Focus: for IJE to FHIR alignment

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MannerOfDeath Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary

MannerOfDeath (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MannerOfDeathCM)

Mapping from (not specified) to Manner of Death VS

DRAFT. Published on 2023-03-24 02:47:42+1100 by HL7 Public Health Working Group (HL7 Public Health Working Group: http://www.hl7.org/Special/com..., pher@lists.HL7.org).

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MannerOfDeath Value Sets


Group 1Mapping from IJE to SNOMED CT (all versions)

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
N (Natural)is equivalent to38605008 (Natural death)
A (Accident)is equivalent to7878000 (Accidental death)
S (Suicide)is equivalent to44301001 (Suicide)
H (Homicide)is equivalent to27935005 (Homicide)
P (Pending Investigation)is equivalent to185973002 (Patient awaiting investigation)
C (Could not be determined)is equivalent to65037004 (Death, manner undetermined)