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

ConceptMap: MannerOfDeathCM

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MannerOfDeathCM Version: 2.0.0
Draft as of 2022-08-31 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 http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ValueSet/vrdr-manner-of-death-vs

DRAFT. Published on 2022-08-31 04:02:50+0000 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


Source CodeRelationshipDestination Code
Mapping from IJE to SNOMED CT (all versions)
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)