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 (v2.2.0: 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

CodeSystem: Document Section Code System

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs Version: 2.2.0
Active as of 2023-10-17 Computable Name: DocumentSectionCS

Document Section Code System

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

This case-insensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
DecedentDemographics Decedent DemographicsContains decedent demographic data. Demographic data includes information about related persons (Mother, Father, and Spouse) and social determinants such as education level and usual occupation. The information in this document section are provided by a decedent informant.
DeathInvestigation Death InvestigationContains 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 CertificationContains 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 DispositionContains 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 ContentContains coded cause of death and demographic data generated by NCHS from the content of the submitted death record.