Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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ConceptMap: MethodOfDisposition Concept Map

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/MethodOfDispositionCM Version: 2.2.0
Draft as of 2023-10-17 Computable Name: MethodOfDisposition

Usage:Clinical Focus: for IJE to FHIR alignment

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MethodOfDisposition Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary.

Note: The codesystem identifer ‘IJE’ is not a proper codesystem URI.
Work is underway to define proper URIs that will be included in future versions of this concept map.

Mapping from (not specified) to Method of Disposition VS

DRAFT. Published on 2023-10-17 18:39:37+0000 by HL7 International / Public Health (HL7 International / Public Health: http://www.hl7.org/Special/com..., pher@lists.HL7.org).

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR MethodOfDisposition Value Sets


Group 1Mapping from IJE to SNOMED CT (all versions)

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
B (Burial)449971000124106 (Burial)
C (Cremation)449961000124104 (Cremation)
D (Donation)449951000124101 (Donation)
E (Entombment)449931000124108 (Entombment)
R (Removal from State)449941000124103 (Removal from State)

Group 2Mapping from IJE to NullFlavor

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
O (Other)OTH (other)
U (Unknown)UNK (unknown)