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Resource Profile: Decedent - Mappings

Active as of 2023-10-17

Mappings for the vrdr-decedent resource profile.

Mappings for RIM Mapping (http://hl7.org/v3)

Decedent
Patient	Entity. Role, or Act, Patient[classCode=PAT]
text	Act.text?
contained	N/A
extension
extension (race)
extension (ethnicity)
extension (birthsex)	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
extension (genderIdentity)
extension (NVSS-SexAtDeath)
extension (Spouse-Alive)
extension (Patient-BirthPlace)
id	n/a
url	N/A
value[x]	N/A
id	n/a
extension	n/a
use	unique(./use)
type	unique(./use)
text	./formatted
line	AD.part[parttype = AL]
city	AD.part[parttype = CTY]
district	AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]
state	AD.part[parttype = STA]
postalCode	AD.part[parttype = ZIP]
country	AD.part[parttype = CNT]
period	./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
modifierExtension	N/A
identifier	id
id	n/a
extension	n/a
use	Role.code or implied by context
type	Role.code or implied by context
system	II.root or Role.id.root
value	II.extension or II.root if system indicates OID or GUID (Or Role.id.extension or root)
period	Role.effectiveTime or implied by context
assigner	II.assigningAuthorityName but note that this is an improper use by the definition of the field. Also Role.scoper
identifier (ssn)	id
id	n/a
extension	n/a
use	Role.code or implied by context
type	Role.code or implied by context
system	II.root or Role.id.root
value	II.extension or II.root if system indicates OID or GUID (Or Role.id.extension or root)
period	Role.effectiveTime or implied by context
assigner	II.assigningAuthorityName but note that this is an improper use by the definition of the field. Also Role.scoper
active	statusCode
name	name
id	n/a
extension	n/a
use	unique(./use)
text	./formatted
family	./part[partType = FAM]
given	./part[partType = GIV]
prefix	./part[partType = PFX]
suffix	./part[partType = SFX]
period	./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
telecom	telecom
id	n/a
extension	n/a
system	./scheme
value	./url
use	unique(./use)
rank	n/a
period	./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
gender	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
birthDate	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/birthTime
deceased[x]	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/deceasedTime
address	addr
id	n/a
extension	n/a
use	unique(./use)
type	unique(./use)
text	./formatted
line	AD.part[parttype = AL]
city	AD.part[parttype = CTY]
district	AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]
state	AD.part[parttype = STA]
postalCode	AD.part[parttype = ZIP]
country	AD.part[parttype = CNT]
period	./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]
maritalStatus	player[classCode=PSN]/maritalStatusCode
id	n/a
extension	n/a
extension (bypassEditFlag)
id	n/a
url	N/A
value[x]	N/A
coding	union(., ./translation)
text	./originalText[mediaType/code="text/plain"]/data
multipleBirth[x]	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthInd, player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/multipleBirthOrderNumber
photo	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/desc
contact	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/scopedRole[classCode=CON]
id	n/a
extension	n/a
modifierExtension	N/A
relationship	code
id	n/a
extension	n/a
coding	union(., ./translation)
text	./originalText[mediaType/code="text/plain"]/data
name	name
telecom	telecom
address	addr
gender	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/administrativeGender
organization	scoper
period	effectiveTime
communication	LanguageCommunication
id	n/a
extension	n/a
modifierExtension	N/A
language	player[classCode=PSN|ANM and determinerCode=INSTANCE]/languageCommunication/code
preferred	preferenceInd
generalPractitioner	subjectOf.CareEvent.performer.AssignedEntity
managingOrganization	scoper
link	outboundLink
id	n/a
extension	n/a
modifierExtension	N/A
other	id
type	typeCode

Mappings for CDA (R2) (http://hl7.org/v3/cda)

Decedent
Patient	ClinicalDocument.recordTarget.patientRole
identifier	.id
identifier (ssn)	.id
active	n/a
name	.patient.name
telecom	.telecom
gender	.patient.administrativeGenderCode
birthDate	.patient.birthTime
deceased[x]	n/a
address	.addr
maritalStatus	.patient.maritalStatusCode
multipleBirth[x]	n/a
photo	n/a
contact	n/a
relationship	n/a
name	n/a
telecom	n/a
address	n/a
gender	n/a
organization	n/a
period	n/a
communication	patient.languageCommunication
language	.languageCode
preferred	.preferenceInd
generalPractitioner	n/a
managingOrganization	.providerOrganization
link	n/a
other	n/a
type	n/a

Mappings for FiveWs Pattern Mapping (http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews)

Decedent
Patient
identifier	FiveWs.identifier
identifier (ssn)	FiveWs.identifier
active	FiveWs.status

Mappings for HL7 v2 Mapping (http://hl7.org/v2)

Decedent
Patient
extension
extension (race)
extension (ethnicity)
extension (birthsex)
extension (genderIdentity)
extension (NVSS-SexAtDeath)
extension (Spouse-Alive)
extension (Patient-BirthPlace)
value[x]
use	XAD.7
type	XAD.18
text	XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6
line	XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)
city	XAD.3
district	XAD.9
state	XAD.4
postalCode	XAD.5
country	XAD.6
period	XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14
identifier	PID-3
use	N/A
type	CX.5
system	CX.4 / EI-2-4
value	CX.1 / EI.1
period	CX.7 + CX.8
assigner	CX.4 / (CX.4,CX.9,CX.10)
identifier (ssn)	PID-3
use	N/A
type	CX.5
system	CX.4 / EI-2-4
value	CX.1 / EI.1
period	CX.7 + CX.8
assigner	CX.4 / (CX.4,CX.9,CX.10)
name	PID-5, PID-9
use	XPN.7, but often indicated by which field contains the name
text	implied by XPN.11
family	XPN.1/FN.1
given	XPN.2 + XPN.3
prefix	XPN.5
suffix	XPN/4
period	XPN.13 + XPN.14
telecom	PID-13, PID-14, PID-40
system	XTN.3
value	XTN.1 (or XTN.12)
use	XTN.2 - but often indicated by field
rank	n/a
period	N/A
gender	PID-8
birthDate	PID-7
deceased[x]	PID-30 (bool) and PID-29 (datetime)
address	PID-11
use	XAD.7
type	XAD.18
text	XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6
line	XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)
city	XAD.3
district	XAD.9
state	XAD.4
postalCode	XAD.5
country	XAD.6
period	XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14
maritalStatus	PID-16
coding	C*E.1-8, C*E.10-22
text	C*E.9. But note many systems use C*E.2 for this
multipleBirth[x]	PID-24 (bool), PID-25 (integer)
photo	OBX-5 - needs a profile
contact
relationship	NK1-7, NK1-3
coding	C*E.1-8, C*E.10-22
text	C*E.9. But note many systems use C*E.2 for this
name	NK1-2
telecom	NK1-5, NK1-6, NK1-40
address	NK1-4
gender	NK1-15
organization	NK1-13, NK1-30, NK1-31, NK1-32, NK1-41
communication
language	PID-15, LAN-2
preferred	PID-15
generalPractitioner	PD1-4
link
other	PID-3, MRG-1

Mappings for LOINC code for the element (http://loinc.org)

Decedent
Patient
birthDate	21112-8