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: PlaceOfDeathCM

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

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

PlaceOfDeath (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/PlaceOfDeathCM)

Mapping from (not specified) to Place of Death VS -- PHVS_PlaceOfDeath_NCHS

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 PlaceOfDeath Value Sets


Group 1Mapping from IJE 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 2Mapping from IJE to NullFlavor

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