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

vrdrcauseofdeathpathwayUML


Structure Definition

id0..1
profile1..1Pattern
status1..1codeFixed Value
mode1..1codeFixed Value
source1..1Reference(http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device)Pattern
orderedBy1..1CodeableConceptFixed Value
item1..1Reference(http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource)Pattern


Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
orderedBy Fixed Value "priority" list-order
source Reference VRDR Certifier
status Fixed Value "current" list-status

Element Table

List..
List.id0..1
List.meta0..1
List.meta.profile1..1
List.statuscode1..1
List.modecode1..1
List.sourceReference(http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device)1..1
List.orderedByCodeableConcept1..1
List.entry0..*
List.entry.itemReference(http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource)1..1


Instance Example

Example Values

Element Name Element Value
id example-cause-of-death-pathway
profile VRDR-Cause-of-Death-Pathway
status current
mode snapshot
source.reference example-practitioner
orderedBy.code priority
entry.reference example-cause-of-death-condition

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>