This page is part of the Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting (v2.0.0-ballot: STU 2 Ballot 1) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. The current version which supersedes this version is 1.1.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Usage

Child and Decedent Fetus Name

Natality: When the child’s name is not chosen, a dataAbsentReason should be provided with code “temp-unknown.”
Fetal Death: When the decedent fetus is not named, a dataAbsentReason should be provided with code “unknown.”

Specifying None of the Above and Missing Data

See the discussion of categories.

Abnormal Conditions of Newborn

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedAbnormalConditionsOfNewborn is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all individual Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn are ‘N’

Maternal Morbidities

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedMaternalMorbidities is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all individual Maternal Morbities are ‘N’

Characteristics of Labor and Delivery

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedCharacteristicsOfLaborAndDelivery is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all individual Characteristics of Labor and Delivery are ‘N’

Pregnancy Risk Factors

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedPregnancyRiskFactors is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all individual Pregnancy Risk Factors are ‘N’

Congenital Anomalies of Newborn

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedCongenitalAnomoliesOfTheNewborn is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all individual Congenital Anomolies of the Newborn are ‘N’ and ConditionCongenitalAnomalyOfNewborn should not be used.

Infection Present During Pregnancy

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedInfectionsPresentDuringPregnancy is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that all Infections During Pregnancy are ‘N’ and ConditionInfectionPresentDuringPregnancy should not be used.

Method of Delivery

If ObservationUnknownFinalRouteMethodDelivery is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that the method of delivery is unknown, and ProcedureFinalRouteMethodDelivery should not be used.

Obstetric Procedures

If ObservationNoneOfSpecifiedObstetricProcedures is present in bundle, then the interpretation is that external cephalic procedure was not performed, and ProcedureObstetric should not be used.

Handling of Edit Flags

TBD