Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
3.0.0 - STU3

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 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/QRPH.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 mortality 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.

Note that string fields in FHIR-formatted data will often be subject to the same string length limitations of the IJE format for the same content. For example, name fields in IJE (e.g., DINSTI, GNAME) are restricted to 50 characters. Including strings longer than the IJE strength length limitations may lead to data truncation and/or business rule violations when data is sent to certain receivers, including NCHS. The IG includes maximum length restrictions on FHIR strings for some fields, and the FHIR validator will flag violations of these conformance restrictions. The IG does not impose maximum length restrictions for general FHIR fields like names and addresses since this seemed an unnatural constraint of widely used FHIR resources.

### Mortality Roster IJE Mapping

# | Description | IJE Name* | Profile | Field | Type | Value Set/Comments
8 | Date of Death--Month | DOD_MO | DeathDate | value | dateTime | See PartialDatesAndTimes
9 | Date of Death--Day | DOD_DY | DeathDate | value | dateTime | See PartialDatesAndTimes
10 | Date of Death--Year | DOD_YR | DeathDate | value | dateTime | Required for processing
6 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Death - literal | STATETEXT_D | DeathLocation | address.state (expanded from 2 letter code) | string | -
7 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Death - code | DSTATE | DeathLocation | address.state or address.state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId] | codeable | ValueSetStatesTerritoriesAndProvincesVitalRecords or ValueSetJurisdictionVitalRecords
30 | Death Country - Code | DCOUNTRYC | DeathLocation | address.country | string | ValueSetResidenceCountryVitalRecords. Note: For US Death certificates should be US.
1 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Birth - literal | STATEBTH | Decedent | extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state or extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId] if present (expanded from 2 letter code) | string | See StateLiterals
2 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Birth - code | BPLACE_ST | Decedent | extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state or extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].state.extension[nationalReportingJurisdictionId] if present | string | ValueSetJurisdictionVitalRecords
3 | Decedent's Legal Name--Given | GNAME | Decedent | name.given , name.use = official | string | See Note on Decedent Name
4 | Decedent's Legal Name--Middle | MIDNAME | Decedent | name.given , name.use = official (first letter) | string | See Note on Decedent Name
5 | Decedent's Legal Name--Last | LNAME | Decedent | name.family , name.use = official | string | See Note on Decedent Name
11 | Date of Birth--Month | DOB_MO | Decedent | birthDate.value | dateTime | See PartialDatesAndTimes
12 | Date of Birth--Day | DOB_DY | Decedent | birthDate.value | dateTime | See PartialDatesAndTimes
13 | Date of Birth--Year | DOB_YR | Decedent | birthDate.value | dateTime | See PartialDatesAndTimes
14 | Sex | SEX | Decedent | extension[NVSS-SexAtDeath] | codeable | AdministrativeGenderVS
NA | Gender | *NO IJE MAPPING* | Decedent | gender | codeable | AdministrativeGenderVS - See Note on Gender
22 | Decedent's Suffix | SUFF | Decedent | name.suffix , name.use = official | string | -
26 | Decedent's Maiden Name | DMAIDEN | Decedent | name.text , name.use = maiden | string |
27 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Decedent's Residence - literal | STATETEXT_R | Decedent | address.state (expanded from 2 letter code) | string | See StateLiterals
28 | State, U.S. Territory or Canadian Province of Decedent's Residence - code | STATEC | Decedent | address.state | string | ValueSetStatesTerritoriesAndProvincesVitalRecords
29 | Birthplace Country - Code | BPLACE_CT | Decedent | extension[patient-birthPlace].value[x].country | string | ValueSetBirthplaceCountryVitalRecords.
31 | Decedent's Residence Country - Code | COUNTRYC | Decedent | address.country | string | ValueSetResidenceCountryVitalRecords
32 | Decedent's SSN (may be used by some jurisdictions when allowed by law, to match with the SSN contained with the birth record) | SSN | Decedent | identifier.value where system = 'http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ssn and type.coding.code="SS" | string | type.coding.code="SB" is deprecated but also supported for compatibility
16 | Father's First Name | DADFNAME | DecedentFather | name.given , name.use = official | string | -
17 | Father's Middle Name | DADMIDNAME | DecedentFather | name.given , name.use = official | string | -
18 | Father's Surname | DADLNAME | DecedentFather | name.family | string | -
23 | Father's Suffix | DADSUFF | DecedentFather | name.suffix , name.use = official | string | -
19 | Mother's Given Name | MOMGNAME | DecedentMother | name.given , name.use = official | string | -
20 | Mother's Middle Name | MOMMIDNAME | DecedentMother | name.given , name.use = official | string | -
21 | Mother's Maiden Surname | MOMMAIDNAME | DecedentMother | name.family , name.use = maiden | string | -
24 | Mother's Suffix | MOMSUFF | DecedentMother | name.suffix , name.use = official | string | -

### Not Implemented Content

# | Description | IJE Name* | Value Set/Comments
25 | Filler | BLANK1 |
35 | Blank for Future Expansion | BLANK2 |