Death Pronouncement Performer

Death Pronouncement Performer is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Location resource. It is used to convey the identity of practitioner that performed the death pronouncement and determined the actual or presumed date and time of death. It includes the name, qualification, and license number of the performer.


UML Expression

vrdrdeathpronouncementperformerUML


Structure Definition

id1..1
profile1..1Pattern
name1..1
identifier1..1
code1..1


Element Bindings

Element Name Binding Type Binding Value Fixed Value Code System
qualification.code Value Set v2 table 0360, Version 2.7

Element Table

Practitioner..
Practitioner.id1..1
Practitioner.meta1..1
Practitioner.meta.profile1..1
Practitioner.name1..1
Practitioner.qualification1..1
Practitioner.qualification.identifier1..1
Practitioner.qualification.code1..1


Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
name Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party name
name Death Certificate Item 26 Signature of Person Pronouncing Death
name Standard Death Record IG SDR DatePronouncedDead Profile Observation.performer[Practitioner.name]
qualification.identifier Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party identifier
qualification.identifier Death Certificate Item 27 License Number [Person Pronouncing Death]
qualification.identifier Standard Death Record IG SDR DatePronouncedDead Profile Observation.performer[Practitioner.identifier]

Instance Example

Example Values

Element Name Element Value
id example-death-pronouncement-performer
profile VRDR-Death-Pronouncement-Performer
name.use official
name.family McCoy
name.given Beverly
name.given Jane
identifier.value 123456789
identifier.type.system urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.12009.10.1.3077
identifier.type.code NPI
identifier.type.display National Provider Identifier

Example XML Instance

<Practitioner>
  <id value="example-death-pronouncement-performer" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Pronouncement-Performer" />
  </meta>
  <name>
    <use value="official" />
    <family value="McCoy" />
    <given value="Beverly" />
    <given value="Jane" />
  </name>
  <qualification>
    <identifier>
      <value value="123456789" />
    </identifier>
    <code>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0360/2.7" />
        <code value="MD" />
        <display value="Doctor of Medicine" />
      </coding>
    </code>
  </qualification>
</Practitioner>