Vital Records Common Library (VRCL) FHIR Implementation Guide
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Vital Records Common Library (VRCL) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Public Health. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/vr-common-library/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Value Set - Marital Status Vital Records

Active as of 2026-06-01

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{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "ValueSet-marital-status-vr",
  "language" : "en",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet ValueSet-marital-status-vr</b></p><a name=\"ValueSet-marital-status-vr\"> </a><a name=\"hcValueSet-marital-status-vr\"> </a><p>This value set includes codes based on the following rules:</p><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-MaritalStatus</code><span title=\"Version is explicitly stated to be 2018-08-12\"> version &#x1F4CD;2018-08-12</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>Divorced</td></tr><tr><td>L</td><td>Legally Separated</td></tr><tr><td>M</td><td>Married</td></tr><tr><td>S</td><td>Never Married</td></tr><tr><td>W</td><td>Widowed</td></tr><tr><td>T</td><td>Domestic Partner</td></tr></table></li><li>Include these codes as defined in <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor</code><span title=\"Version is explicitly stated to be 2018-08-12\"> version &#x1F4CD;2018-08-12</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>UNK</td><td>unknown</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode" : "pher"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/ValueSet/ValueSet-marital-status-vr",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "ValueSetMaritalStatusVitalRecords",
  "title" : "Value Set - Marital Status Vital Records",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-06-01T14:50:40+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Public Health",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "HL7 International / Public Health",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "The set of codes used to indicate the marital status of the decedent\n\nNote: 'Domestic Partnership' is not supported by NCHS and will be mapped to 'U' unknown\n\nMapping to IJE codes [here](ConceptMap-ConceptMapMaritalStatusVitalRecords.html).",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US",
          "display" : "United States of America"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [
      {
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-MaritalStatus",
        "version" : "2018-08-12",
        "concept" : [
          {
            "code" : "D",
            "display" : "Divorced"
          },
          {
            "code" : "L",
            "display" : "Legally Separated"
          },
          {
            "code" : "M",
            "display" : "Married"
          },
          {
            "code" : "S",
            "display" : "Never Married"
          },
          {
            "code" : "W",
            "display" : "Widowed"
          },
          {
            "code" : "T",
            "display" : "Domestic Partner"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor",
        "version" : "2018-08-12",
        "concept" : [
          {
            "code" : "UNK",
            "display" : "unknown"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}