Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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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

Mortality Roster Data Dictionary

The following table illustrates the mappings of fields in the Interjurisdictional Exchange (IJE) formats for fetal death to profiles and fields within this FHIR Implementation guide. This information is provided to guide implementers who are transitioning from the familiar IJE to the new FHIR format for this information.

Mortality Roster IJE Mapping

# Description IJE Name* Profile Field Type Value Set/Comments
8Date of Death--MonthDOD_MODeathDatevaluedateTimeSee PartialDatesAndTimes
9Date of Death--DayDOD_DYDeathDatevaluedateTimeSee PartialDatesAndTimes
10Date of Death--YearDOD_YRDeathDatevaluedateTimeRequired for processing
6State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Death - literalSTATETEXT_DDeathLocationaddress.state (expanded from 2 letter code)string-
7State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Death - codeDSTATEDeathLocationaddress.state or address.state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId]codeableValueSetStatesTerritoriesAndProvincesVitalRecords or ValueSetJurisdictionVitalRecords
30Death Country - CodeDCOUNTRYCDeathLocationaddress.country string ValueSetResidenceCountryVitalRecords. Note: For US Death certificates should be US.
1State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Birth - literalSTATEBTHDecedentextension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state or extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId] if present (expanded from 2 letter code)stringSee StateLiterals
2State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Birth - codeBPLACE_STDecedentextension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state or extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId] if present stringValueSetJurisdictionVitalRecords
3Decedent's Legal Name--Given GNAMEDecedentname.given , name.use = officialstringSee Note on Decedent Name
4Decedent's Legal Name--MiddleMIDNAMEDecedentname.given , name.use = official (first letter)stringSee Note on Decedent Name
5Decedent's Legal Name--LastLNAMEDecedentname.family , name.use = officialstringSee Note on Decedent Name
11Date of Birth--MonthDOB_MODecedentbirthDatedateTimeSee PartialDatesAndTimes
12Date of Birth--DayDOB_DYDecedentbirthDatedateTimeSee PartialDatesAndTimes
13Date of Birth--YearDOB_YRDecedentbirthDatedateTimeSee PartialDatesAndTimes
14SexSEXDecedentextension[NVSS-SexAtDeath] codeableAdministrativeGenderVS
NAGender*NO IJE MAPPING*DecedentgendercodeableAdministrativeGenderVS - See Note on Decedent Gender
22Decedent's SuffixSUFFDecedentname.suffix , name.use = officialstring-
26Decedent's Maiden NameDMAIDENDecedentname.text , name.use=maidenstring
27State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Decedent's Residence - literalSTATETEXT_R Decedentaddress.state (expanded from 2 letter code)stringSee StateLiterals
28State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Decedent's Residence - codeSTATECDecedentaddress.statestringValueSetStatesTerritoriesAndProvincesVitalRecords
29Birthplace Country - CodeBPLACE_CTDecedentextension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].country stringValueSetBirthplaceCountryVitalRecords.
31Decedent's Residence Country - CodeCOUNTRYCDecedentaddress.countrystringValueSetResidenceCountryVitalRecords
32Decedent's SSN (may be used by some jurisdictions when allowed by law, to match with the SSN contained with the birth record)SSNDecedentidentifier.value where system = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ssn and type.coding.code="SB"string-
16Father's First NameDADFNAMEDecedentFathername.given , name.use = officialstring-
17Father's Middle NameDADMIDNAMEDecedentFathername.given , name.use = officialstring-
18Father's SurnameDADLNAMEDecedentFathername.familystring-
23Father's SuffixDADSUFFDecedentFathername.suffix , name.use = officialstring-
19Mother's Given NameMOMGNAMEDecedentMothername.given , name.use = officialstring-
20Mother's Middle NameMOMMIDNAMEDecedentMothername.given , name.use = officialstring-
21Mother's Maiden SurnameMOMMAIDNAMEDecedentMothername.family , name.type=maidenstring -
24Mother's SuffixMOMSUFFDecedentMothername.suffix , name.use = officialstring-

Not Implemented Content

# Description IJE Name* Profile Field Type Value Set/Comments
25FillerBLANK1[not implemented]
35Blank for Future ExpansionBLANK2[not implemented]