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

MessageDefinition: Fact of Death Notification Message

Official URL: http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-notification Version: 0.2.0
Standards status: Informative Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: FODNotificationMessage

An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing this notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier. Acknowledgement is optional, so no response is mandated here.

url: MessageDefinition Fact of Death Notification Message

version: 0.2.0

name: FODNotificationMessage

title: Fact of Death Notification Message

status: Draft

experimental: false

date: 2026-08-07

publisher: HL7 International - Public Health Work Group

contact: http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher

description:

An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing this notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier. Acknowledgement is optional, so no response is mandated here.

jurisdiction: United States of America

event: Fact of Death Notification Event Codes: fact-of-death-notification (Fact of Death Notification)

category: Notification

focus

code: Observation

profile: Fact of Death Death Date

min: 1

max: 1

focus

code: Patient

profile: Fact of Death Decedent

min: 1

max: 1