Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide
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Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International - Public Health Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/shpringman/fhir-fod/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Fact of Death Correction Message - JSON Representation

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{
  "resourceType" : "MessageDefinition",
  "id" : "fod-correction",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: MessageDefinition fod-correction</b></p><a name=\"fod-correction\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-correction\"> </a><p><b>url</b>: <a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-correction.html\">MessageDefinition Fact of Death Correction Message</a></p><p><b>version</b>: 0.2.0</p><p><b>name</b>: FODCorrectionMessage</p><p><b>title</b>: Fact of Death Correction Message</p><p><b>status</b>: Draft</p><p><b>experimental</b>: false</p><p><b>date</b>: 2026-08-07</p><p><b>publisher</b>: HL7 International - Public Health Work Group</p><p><b>contact</b>: <a href=\"http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher\">http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher</a></p><p><b>description</b>: </p><div><p>A notification that corrects content previously conveyed for the same death record, for example a revised date or place of death, or corrected decedent demographics. A correction carries the complete current content rather than only the changed elements, and its Provenance.recorded establishes that it is later than the notification it corrects.</p>\n</div><p><b>jurisdiction</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{urn:iso:std:iso:3166 US}\">United States of America</span></p><p><b>event</b>: <a href=\"CodeSystem-fod-notification-event-cs.html#fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-correction\">Fact of Death Notification Event Codes: fact-of-death-correction</a> (Fact of Death Correction)</p><p><b>category</b>: Notification</p><blockquote><p><b>focus</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Observation</p><p><b>profile</b>: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-death-date.html\">Fact of Death Death Date</a></p><p><b>min</b>: 1</p><p><b>max</b>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>focus</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Patient</p><p><b>profile</b>: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-decedent.html\">Fact of Death Decedent</a></p><p><b>min</b>: 1</p><p><b>max</b>: 1</p></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-correction",
  "version" : "0.2.0",
  "name" : "FODCorrectionMessage",
  "title" : "Fact of Death Correction Message",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-08-07",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International - Public Health Work Group",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A notification that corrects content previously conveyed for the same death record, for example a revised date or place of death, or corrected decedent demographics. A correction carries the complete current content rather than only the changed elements, and its Provenance.recorded establishes that it is later than the notification it corrects.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "US"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "eventCoding" : {
    "system" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-notification-event-cs",
    "code" : "fact-of-death-correction"
  },
  "category" : "notification",
  "focus" : [
    {
      "code" : "Observation",
      "profile" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-death-date",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1"
    },
    {
      "code" : "Patient",
      "profile" : "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-decedent",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1"
    }
  ]
}