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 (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

ConceptMap: MannerOfDeath Concept Map

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MannerOfDeathCM Version: 3.0.0
Draft as of 2024-10-16 Computable Name: MannerOfDeath
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.10.18.11

Usage:Clinical Focus: 

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MannerOfDeath Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary

Generated Narrative: ConceptMap MannerOfDeathCM

Mapping from ValueSet - Placeholder ValueSet for Interjurisdictional Exchange (IJE) in Vital Records to Manner of Death ValueSet


Group 1 Mapping from Code System - Placeholder Code System for IJE in Vital Records to SNOMED CT (all versions)

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
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)