Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
2.0.0 - STU 2 US

This page is part of the Vital Records Mortality and Morbidity Reporting FHIR IG (v2.0.0: 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

CodeSystem: Local Observation Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-observations-cs Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2022-08-31 Computable Name: ObservationsCS

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)

This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-observations-cs defines the following codes:

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