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
| Active as of 2026-06-01 |
<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 📍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 📍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>