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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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ValueSet-marital-status-vr"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <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>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pher"/>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/ValueSet/ValueSet-marital-status-vr"/>
  <version value="2.0.0"/>
  <name value="ValueSetMaritalStatusVitalRecords"/>
  <title value="Value Set - Marital Status Vital Records"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-06-01T14:50:40+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Public Health"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International / Public Health"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="The set of codes used to indicate the marital status of the decedent

Note: 'Domestic Partnership' is not supported by NCHS and will be mapped to 'U' unknown

Mapping to IJE codes [here](ConceptMap-ConceptMapMaritalStatusVitalRecords.html)."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
      <display value="United States of America"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-MaritalStatus"/>
      <version value="2018-08-12"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="D"/>
        <display value="Divorced"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="L"/>
        <display value="Legally Separated"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="M"/>
        <display value="Married"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="S"/>
        <display value="Never Married"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="W"/>
        <display value="Widowed"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="T"/>
        <display value="Domestic Partner"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
    <include>
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-NullFlavor"/>
      <version value="2018-08-12"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="UNK"/>
        <display value="unknown"/>
      </concept>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>