Death Certificate Document

Death Certificate Document is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Bundle resource. A FHIR bundle resource is a container for a collection of resources. In the case of the death certificate document it is a container of resources conveying certification of death. The first entry in the bundle is the death certificate composition. Remaining entries in the bundle are all of the directly related and supporting resources conveying information contained in the death certificate – decedent demographics, death investigation, death certification, and disposition of the decedent’s remains.


UML Expression

vrdrdeathcertificatedocumentUML


Structure Definition

id0..1
profile1..1Pattern
identifier1..1
type1..1codeFixed Value
resource1..1ResourcePattern


Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
entry.resource Reference VRDR Death Certificate
type Fixed Value "document" bundle-type

Element Table

Bundle..
Bundle.id0..1
Bundle.meta0..1
Bundle.meta.profile1..1
Bundle.identifier1..1
Bundle.typecode1..1
Bundle.entryBackboneElement1..1
Bundle.entry.resourceResource1..1


Instance Example

Example Values

Element Name Element Value
id Example-VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document
profile VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document
identifier.value 1234567890
type document

Example XML Instance

<Bundle xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Example-VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document"/>
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document" />
  </meta>
  <identifier>
    <value value="1234567890" />
  </identifier>
  <type value="document" />
  <entry>
  </entry>
</Bundle>