This page is part of the Vital Records Death Reporting FHIR Implementation Guide (v3.0.0: STU3) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) 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
This case-insensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs defines the following codes:
Code
Display
Definition
DecedentDemographics
Decedent Demographics
Contains decedent demographic data. Demographic data includes information about related persons (Mother, Father, and Spouse) and social determinants such as education level. The information in this document section are provided by a decedent informant.
DeathInvestigation
Death Investigation
Contains data obtained during the course of investigating a death. Many of these items are conditionally present in a death certification transaction depending on whether or not a autopsy was performed, an injury incident occurred, or a transportation event was involved.
DeathCertification
Death Certification
Contains data related to the primary concern of the VRDR IG, Death Certification. In this group the causes of death and the causal pathway are documented and attested to by a death certifier (coroner or medical examiner).
DecedentDisposition
Decedent Disposition
Contains data related to the disposition of the decedents remains. The data in this profile group is typically provided by the funeral home performing the disposition services. The content of this section is authenticated by the funeral home director.
CodedContent
Coded Content
Contains coded cause of death and demographic data generated by NCHS from the content of the submitted death record.