Death Date

Death Date is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Observation resource. It conveys the actual or presumed date of death as well as the date of the death data pronouncement. It includes references to the decedent, the location of death, and the performer of the death pronouncement. The optional method code element is used to convey that the date of death is an estimated date.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

Observation

Observation.id

Observation.meta

Observation.meta.profile

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Date

Observation.extension

Observation.extension:extension1

Observation.extension:extension1.@url

Observation.extension:extension1.value[x]

Observation.extension:extension1.value[x]:valueReference

VRDR-Death-Location

Observation.status

final

Observation.code

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1",
      "code": "81956-5",
      "display": "Date and time of death"
    }
  ]
}

Observation.subject

Observation.effective[x]

Observation.effective[x]:effectiveDateTime

Observation.performer

Observation.comment

Observation.method

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.96",
      "code": "414135002",
      "display": "Estimated"
    }
  ]
}

Observation.component

Observation.component.code

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1",
      "code": "80616-6",
      "display": "Date and time pronounced dead"
    }
  ]
}

Observation.component.value[x]

Observation.component.value[x]:valueDateTime

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

Example Values

Example XML Instance

<Observation>
  <id value="example-death-date" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Date" />
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/Patient-Location">
    <valueReference>
      <reference value="Location/example-patient-location" />
    </valueReference>
  </extension>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
      <code value="81956-5" />
      <display value="Date and time of death" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <performer>
    <reference value="Practitioner/example-death-pronouncement-performer" />
  </performer>
  <valueDateTime value="2018-04-24T00:00:00+00:00" />
  <component>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
        <code value="80616-6" />
        <display value="Date and time pronounced dead" />
      </coding>
    </code>
    <effectiveDateTime value="2018-04-25T00:00:00+00:00" />
  </component>
</Observation>