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 Notification Event Codes - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="fod-notification-event-cs"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem fod-notification-event-cs</b></p><a name="fod-notification-event-cs"> </a><a name="hcfod-notification-event-cs"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-notification-event-cs</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">fact-of-death-notification<a name="fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-notification"> </a></td><td>Fact of Death Notification</td><td>An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred for the identified decedent.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">fact-of-death-correction<a name="fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-correction"> </a></td><td>Fact of Death Correction</td><td>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. The death itself is still asserted to have occurred.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">fact-of-death-void<a name="fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-void"> </a></td><td>Fact of Death Void</td><td>A notification that retracts a previously sent fact-of-death notification, for example because the death record was voided or was registered against the wrong individual. The receiver is expected to reverse any death recorded on the basis of the retracted notification.</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1">
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
        <valueCanonical
                        value="http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod"/>
      </extension>
    </valueInteger>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative">
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
        <valueCanonical
                        value="http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod"/>
      </extension>
    </valueCode>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-notification-event-cs"/>
  <version value="0.2.0"/>
  <name value="FODNotificationEventCS"/>
  <title value="Fact of Death Notification Event Codes"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-08-07"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Public Health Work Group"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Event codes carried in MessageHeader.event to distinguish an initial fact-of-death notification from a later correction or retraction of that notification. Receivers use the event code to decide whether to record, amend, or reverse a previously recorded death."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="US"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet
            value="http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ValueSet/fod-notification-event-vs"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="3"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="fact-of-death-notification"/>
    <display value="Fact of Death Notification"/>
    <definition
                value="An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred for the identified decedent."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="fact-of-death-correction"/>
    <display value="Fact of Death Correction"/>
    <definition
                value="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. The death itself is still asserted to have occurred."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="fact-of-death-void"/>
    <display value="Fact of Death Void"/>
    <definition
                value="A notification that retracts a previously sent fact-of-death notification, for example because the death record was voided or was registered against the wrong individual. The receiver is expected to reverse any death recorded on the basis of the retracted notification."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>