Cause of Death Pathway

Cause of Death Pathway is a profile of the FHIR STU3 List resource. It is used to convey the priority-based sequence of conditions contributing to the cause of death as determined by the death certifier. The first entry in the list is used to convey the final disease or condition resulting in death. The final entry in the list is used to convey the “underlying cause”, the disease or injury that initiated the events resulting in death. The intervening entries between the first and last entries are used to convey the sequence of conditions leading to death.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

List

List.id

List.meta

List.meta.profile

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Cause-of-Death-Pathway

List.status

"current"

List.mode

"snapshot"

List.source

VRDR Certifier

List.orderedBy

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "code": "\"priority\""
    }
  ]
}

List.entry

List.entry.item

VRDR Cause Of Death Condition

Element Bindings

Element Table

Instance Example

Example Values

Example XML Instance

<List>
  <id value="example-cause-of-death-pathway" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Cause-of-Death-Pathway" />
  </meta>
  <status value="current" />
  <mode value="snapshot" />
  <source>
    <reference value="example-practitioner" />
  </source>
  <orderedBy>
    <coding>
      <code value="priority" />
    </coding>
  </orderedBy>
  <entry>
    <item>
      <reference value="example-cause-of-death-condition" />
    </item>
  </entry>
</List>