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

Content Transitions

Note

Below are descriptions for each of the headers found in the transition tables. The tables are meant to describe changes to resources and their movements between IGs.

Field Name	Description
Name	Name of the resource (past or present)
Previous Version/Location	Previous location of resource (links to past version)
Current Version/Location	Current location of resource (links to current version)
Comments/Updates	Description of changes specific to the resource

New STU3 Profiles

Name	Comments/Updates
BirthRecordIdentifierChild	Maternal Death Linkeage
FetalDeathRecordIdentifier	Maternal Death Linkeage
IndustryOccupationCodedContentBundle	Support exchange of Coded Industry and Occupation
Mortician	Support of Funeral Home use cases

STU3 Profiles

Name	Previous Version/Location	Comments/Updates
ActivityAtTimeOfDeath	VRDR	-
AutomatedUnderlyingCauseOfDeath	VRDR	-
AutopsyPerformedIndicator	VRDR	-
BirthRecordIdentifier	VRDR	Infant Death Linkeage
CauseOfDeathCodedContentBundle	VRDR	-
CauseOfDeathPart1	VRDR	-
CauseOfDeathPart2	VRDR	-
Certifier	VRDR	Now depends on PractitionerVitalRecords profile
CodingStatusValues	VRDR	-
DeathCertificate	VRDR	-
DeathCertificateDocument	VRDR	-
DeathCertification	VRDR	-
DeathLocation	VRDR	Now depends on abstract LocationVitalRecords profile
Decedent	VRDR	-
DecedentAge	VRDR	-
DecedentDispositionMethod	VRDR	-
DecedentEducationLevel	VRDR	Based on VRCL Profile
DecedentFather	VRDR	-
DecedentMilitaryService	VRDR	-
DecedentMother	VRDR	-
DecedentSpouse	VRDR	-
DecedentUsualWork	VRDR	-
DemographicCodedContentBundle	VRDR	-
DispositionLocation	VRDR	Now depends on abstract LocationVitalRecords profile
EntityAxisCauseOfDeath	VRDR	-
DeathDate	VRDR	-
ExaminerContacted	VRDR	-
FuneralHome	VRDR	-
InjuryLocation	VRDR	Now depends on abstract LocationVitalRecords profile
MannerOfDeath	VRDR	-
ManualUnderlyingCauseOfDeath	VRDR	-
MortalityRosterBundle	VRDR	-
DecedentPregnancyStatus	VRDR	-
InjuryIncident	VRDR	-
PlaceOfInjury	VRDR	-
RecordAxisCauseOfDeath	VRDR	-
SurgeryDate	VRDR	-
TobaccoUseContributedToDeath	VRDR	-

New STU3 Extensions

Name	Comments/Updates
PractitionerRole	Distinguishes Death Certifier and Mortician from other Practitioner types

STU3 Extensions

Name	Previous Version/Location	Comments/Updates
AliasStatus	VRDR	-
FilingFormat	VRDR	-
NVSSSexAtDeath	VRDR	-
ReplaceStatus	VRDR	Deprecated
SpouseAlive	VRDR	-
StateSpecificField	VRDR	-

STU3 Valuesets

Name	Previous Version/Location	Comments/Updates
ActivityAtTimeOfDeathVS	VRDR	-
AdministrativeGenderVS	VRDR	-
CertifierTypesVS	VRDR	-
ContributoryTobaccoUseVS	VRDR	-
DateOfDeathDeterminationMethodsVS	VRDR	-
EditBypass01VS	VRDR	-
EditBypass012VS	VRDR	-
EditBypass0124VS	VRDR	-
FilingFormatVS	VRDR	-
ICD10CausesOfDeathVS	VRDR	-
IntentionalRejectVS	VRDR	-
MannerOfDeathVS	VRDR	-
MethodOfDispositionVS	VRDR	-
PlaceOfDeathVS	VRDR	-
PlaceOfInjuryVS	VRDR	-
ReplaceStatusVS	VRDR	-
SpouseAliveVS	VRDR	-
SystemRejectVS	VRDR	-
TransaxConversionVS	VRDR	-
TransportationIncidentRoleVS	VRDR	-
DeathPregnancyStatusVS	VRDR	-

STU3 Codesystems

Name	Previous Version/Location	Comments/Updates
ActivityAtTimeOfDeathCS	VRDR	-
DeathPregnancyStatusCS	VRDR	-
DateOfDeathDeterminationMethodsCS	VRDR	-
DocumentSectionCS	VRDR	-
FilingFormatCS	VRDR	-
IntentionalRejectCS	VRDR	-
OrganizationTypeCS	VRDR	-
LocationTypeCS	VRDR	-
ReplaceStatusCS	VRDR	-
SystemRejectCS	VRDR	-
TransaxConversionCS	VRDR	-

Removed Profiles

Name	Current Version/Location	Comments/Updates
EmergingIssues	VRCL	-
InputRaceAndEthnicity	VRCL	-
CodedRaceAndEthnicity	VRCL	-

Removed Extensions

Name	Current Version/Location	Comments/Updates
AuxiliaryStateIdentifier1	VRCL	-
AuxiliaryStateIdentifier2	VRCL	-
BypassEditFlag	VRCL	-
CertificateNumber	VRCL	-
CityCode	VRCL	-
DateDay	Removed	-
DateMonth	Removed	-
DateTime	Removed	-
DateYear	Removed	-
DistrictCode	VRCL	-
LocationJurisdictionId	VRCL	-
PartialDate	VRCL	-
PartialDateTime	VRCL	-
PostDirectional	VRCL	-
PreDirectional	VRCL	-
StreetDesignator	VRCL	-
StreetName	VRCL	-
StreetNumber	VRCL	-
UnitOrAptNumber	VRCL	-
WithinCityLimitsIndicator	VRCL	-

Removed Valuesets

Name	Current Version/Location	Comments/Updates
BirthplaceCountryVS	VRCL	-
CanadaProvincesVS	-	-
EditBypass01234VS	VRCL	-
EducationLevelVS	VRCL	-
HispanicNoUnknownVS	-	-
HispanicOriginVS	-	-
JurisdictionVS	VRCL	-
MaritalStatusVS	VRCL	-
RaceCodeVS	VRCL	-
RaceMissingValueReasonVS	VRCL	-
RaceRecode40VS	VRCL	-
ResidenceCountryVS	VRCL	-
StatesTerritoriesAndProvincesVS	VRCL	-
USStatesAndTerritoriesVS	VRCL	-
UnitsOfAgeVS	VRCL	-
YesNoUnknownVS	VRCL	-
YesNoUnknownNotApplicableVS	VRCL	-

Removed Codesystems

Name	Current Version/Location	Comments/Updates
BypassEditFlagCS	VRCL	-
CanadianProvincesCS	-	-
CountryCodeCS	VRCL	-
HispanicOriginCS	VRCL	-
JurisdictionsCS	VRCL	-
MissingValueReasonCS	-	-
RaceCodeCS	VRCL	-
RaceRecode40CS	VRCL	-
ComponentCS	VRCL	-
ObservationsCS	VRCL	-