Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide
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: Acknowledgement - no match found - JSON Representation

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// A receiver reports that a notification reached it cleanly but matched no patient record.
     Note that the acknowledgement carries no decedent content back to the jurisdiction.
{
  "resourceType" : "Bundle",
  "id" : "fod-acknowledgement-nomatch-example",
  "meta" : {
    "profile" : [
      🔗 "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-acknowledgement-bundle"
    ]
  },
  "identifier" : {
    "system" : "https://ehr.example.org/fod-acknowledgement",
    "value" : "ACK-2026-08-05-00317"
  },
  "type" : "message",
  "timestamp" : "2026-08-05T09:12:44-05:00",
  "entry" : [
    {
      "fullUrl" : "urn:uuid:90817263-5445-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d",
      "resource" : {
        "resourceType" : "MessageHeader",
        "id" : "ACK-2026-08-05-00317",
        "meta" : {
          "profile" : [
            🔗 "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-acknowledgement-message-header"
          ]
        },
        "text" : {
          "status" : "generated",
          "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><a name=\"MessageHeader_ACK-2026-08-05-00317\"> </a><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: MessageHeader ACK-2026-08-05-00317</b></p><a name=\"ACK-2026-08-05-00317\"> </a><a name=\"hcACK-2026-08-05-00317\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"/><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-acknowledgement-message-header.html\">Fact of Death Acknowledgement Message Header</a></p></div><p><b>event</b>: <a href=\"CodeSystem-fod-notification-event-cs.html#fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-notification\">Fact of Death Notification Event Codes: fact-of-death-notification</a> (Fact of Death Notification)</p><h3>Sources</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td style=\"display: none\">-</td><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Endpoint</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"display: none\">*</td><td>Example Health System</td><td><a href=\"https://ehr.example.org/fhir\">https://ehr.example.org/fhir</a></td></tr></table><h3>Responses</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td style=\"display: none\">-</td><td><b>Identifier</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Details</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"display: none\">*</td><td>IL-FOD-2026-0000184</td><td>OK</td><td><a href=\"Bundle-fod-acknowledgement-nomatch-example.html#urn-uuid-81726354-4534-4b2c-9d1e-0f9a8b7c6d5e\">OperationOutcome</a></td></tr></table></div>"
        },
        "eventCoding" : {
          "system" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-notification-event-cs",
          "code" : "fact-of-death-notification"
        },
        "source" : {
          "name" : "Example Health System",
          "endpoint" : "https://ehr.example.org/fhir"
        },
        "response" : {
          "identifier" : "IL-FOD-2026-0000184",
          "code" : "ok",
          "details" : {
            "reference" : "urn:uuid:81726354-4534-4b2c-9d1e-0f9a8b7c6d5e"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "fullUrl" : "urn:uuid:81726354-4534-4b2c-9d1e-0f9a8b7c6d5e",
      "resource" : {
        "resourceType" : "OperationOutcome",
        "id" : "fod-match-outcome-nomatch-example",
        "meta" : {
          "profile" : [
            🔗 "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-match-outcome"
          ]
        },
        "text" : {
          "status" : "generated",
          "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><a name=\"OperationOutcome_fod-match-outcome-nomatch-example\"> </a><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: OperationOutcome fod-match-outcome-nomatch-example</b></p><a name=\"fod-match-outcome-nomatch-example\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-match-outcome-nomatch-example\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"/><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-match-outcome.html\">Fact of Death Match Outcome</a></p></div><h3>Issues</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td style=\"display: none\">-</td><td><b>Severity</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Details</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"display: none\">*</td><td>Warning</td><td>Not Found</td><td><span title=\"Codes:{http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-match-outcome-cs no-match}\">No patient record matched the demographics in the notification. No record was updated.</span></td></tr></table></div>"
        },
        "issue" : [
          {
            "severity" : "warning",
            "code" : "not-found",
            "details" : {
              "coding" : [
                {
                  "system" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-match-outcome-cs",
                  "code" : "no-match",
                  "display" : "No Match"
                }
              ],
              "text" : "No patient record matched the demographics in the notification. No record was updated."
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}