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

## : DeathCertificate Example1 - XML Representation

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    <Composition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="DeathCertificate-Example1"/>
      <meta>
        <profile
                 value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/vrdr-death-certificate"/>
      </meta>
      <text>
        <status value="extensions"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: Composition DeathCertificate-Example1</b></p><a name="DeathCertificate-Example1"> </a><a name="hcDeathCertificate-Example1"> </a><a name="DeathCertificate-Example1-en-US"> </a><p><b>Filing Format</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-filing-format-cs electronic}">Electronic</span></p><p><b>Replacement Status of a Death Record (deprecated)</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-replace-status-cs original}">original record</span></p><p><b>State Specific Field</b>: State Specific Content</p><p><b>status</b>: Final</p><p><b>type</b>: <span title="Codes:{http://loinc.org 64297-5}">Death certificate</span></p><p><b>date</b>: 2020-11-15 16:39:54-0500</p><p><b>author</b>: <a href="Practitioner-Certifier-Example1.html">Practitioner Jim Black (official)</a></p><p><b>title</b>: Death Certificate</p><h3>Attesters</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Mode</b></td><td><b>Time</b></td><td><b>Party</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td>Legal</td><td>2020-11-14 16:39:40-0500</td><td><a href="Practitioner-Certifier-Example1.html">Practitioner Jim Black (official)</a></td></tr></table><h3>Events</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td style="display: none">-</td><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Detail</b></td></tr><tr><td style="display: none">*</td><td><span title="Codes:{http://snomed.info/sct 307930005}">Death certificate (record artifact)</span></td><td><a href="Procedure-DeathCertification-Example1.html">Procedure Death certification</a></td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/FilingFormat">
        <valueCodeableConcept>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-filing-format-cs"/>
            <code value="electronic"/>
          </coding>
        </valueCodeableConcept>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/ReplaceStatus">
        <valueCodeableConcept>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-replace-status-cs"/>
            <code value="original"/>
          </coding>
        </valueCodeableConcept>
      </extension>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/StateSpecificField">
        <valueString value="State Specific Content"/>
      </extension>
      <status value="final"/>
      <type>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
          <code value="64297-5"/>
          <display value="Death certificate"/>
        </coding>
      </type>
      <subject>🔗
        <reference value="Patient/Decedent-Example1"/>
      </subject>
      <date value="2020-11-15T16:39:54-05:00"/>
      <author>🔗
        <reference value="Practitioner/Certifier-Example1"/>
      </author>
      <title value="Death Certificate"/>
      <attester>
        <mode value="legal"/>
        <time value="2020-11-14T16:39:40-05:00"/>
        <party>🔗
          <reference value="Practitioner/Certifier-Example1"/>
        </party>
      </attester>
      <event>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
            <code value="307930005"/>
            <display value="Death certificate (record artifact)"/>
          </coding>
        </code>
        <detail>🔗
          <reference value="Procedure/DeathCertification-Example1"/>
        </detail>
      </event>
      <section>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs"/>
            <code value="DecedentDemographics"/>
          </coding>
        </code>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Patient/Decedent-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="RelatedPerson/DecedentFather-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="RelatedPerson/DecedentMother-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="RelatedPerson/DecedentSpouse-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentAge-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/BirthRecordIdentifier-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentEducationLevel-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentMilitaryService-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentUsualWork-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/InputRaceAndEthnicity-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/EmergingIssues-Example1"/>
        </entry>
      </section>
      <section>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs"/>
            <code value="DeathInvestigation"/>
          </coding>
        </code>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/ExaminerContacted-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentPregnancyStatus-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/TobaccoUseContributedToDeath-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/AutopsyPerformedIndicator-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Location/DeathLocation-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Location/InjuryLocation-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/InjuryIncident-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DeathDate-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/SurgeryDate-Example1"/>
        </entry>
      </section>
      <section>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs"/>
            <code value="DeathCertification"/>
          </coding>
        </code>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Practitioner/Certifier-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Procedure/DeathCertification-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/MannerOfDeath-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/CauseOfDeathPart1-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/CauseOfDeathPart1-Example2"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/CauseOfDeathPart2-Example1"/>
        </entry>
      </section>
      <section>
        <code>
          <coding>
            <system
                    value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-document-section-cs"/>
            <code value="DecedentDisposition"/>
          </coding>
        </code>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Location/DispositionLocation-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Organization/FuneralHome-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Observation/DecedentDispositionMethod-Example1"/>
        </entry>
        <entry>🔗
          <reference value="Practitioner/Mortician-Example1"/>
        </entry>
      </section>
    </Composition>