Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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ConceptMap: MethodOfDispositionCM

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

Usage:Clinical Focus: for IJE to FHIR alignment

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MethodOfDisposition Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary

MethodOfDisposition (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MethodOfDispositionCM)

Mapping from (not specified) to Method of Disposition 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 MethodOfDisposition Value Sets


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

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
B (Burial)is equivalent to449971000124106 (Burial)
C (Cremation)is equivalent to449961000124104 (Cremation)
D (Donation)is equivalent to449951000124101 (Donation)
E (Entombment)is equivalent to449931000124108 (Entombment)
R (Removal from State)is equivalent to449941000124103 (Removal from State)

Group 2Mapping from IJE to NullFlavor

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
O (Other)is equivalent toOTH (other)
U (Unknown)is equivalent toUNK (unknown)