Decedent Father

Decedent Father is a profile of the FHIR STU3 RelatedPerson resource. It is used to convey name of the person who is the father of the decedent, if known. Decendent father is an optional element useful as an additional qualifier for the decendent's identity and when a genetic link between death incidents or cause of dearh is a focus of investigation or study

UML Expression

Structure Definition

RelatedPerson

RelatedPerson.id

RelatedPerson.meta

RelatedPerson.meta.profile

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Father

RelatedPerson.patient

VRDR Decedent

RelatedPerson.relationship

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

RelatedPerson.name

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

<RelatedPerson>
  <id value="example-decedent-father" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Father" />
  </meta>
  <patient>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </patient>
  <relationship>
    <coding>
      <code value="FTH" />
    </coding>
  </relationship>
  <name>
    <family value="father" />
  </name>
</RelatedPerson>