Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Public Health. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.0.0-cibuild built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/vrdr/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This case-insensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DecedentDemographics<a name="vrdr-document-section-cs-DecedentDemographics"> </a></td><td>Decedent Demographics</td><td>Contains decedent demographic data. Demographic data includes information about related persons (Mother, Father, and Spouse) and social determinants such as education level. The information in this document section are provided by a decedent informant.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DeathInvestigation<a name="vrdr-document-section-cs-DeathInvestigation"> </a></td><td>Death Investigation</td><td>Contains 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.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DeathCertification<a name="vrdr-document-section-cs-DeathCertification"> </a></td><td>Death Certification</td><td>Contains 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).</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">DecedentDisposition<a name="vrdr-document-section-cs-DecedentDisposition"> </a></td><td>Decedent Disposition</td><td>Contains 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.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">CodedContent<a name="vrdr-document-section-cs-CodedContent"> </a></td><td>Coded Content</td><td>Contains coded cause of death and demographic data generated by NCHS from the content of the submitted death record.</td></tr></table></div>
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  <date value="2024-04-08T17:13:33+00:00"/>
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                value="Contains decedent demographic data. Demographic data includes information about related persons (Mother, Father, and Spouse) and social determinants such as education level. The information in this document section are provided by a decedent informant."/>
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                value="Contains 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."/>
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                value="Contains 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)."/>
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    <definition
                value="Contains 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."/>
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