Decedent Spouse

Decedent Spouse is a profile of the FHIR STU3 RelatedPerson resource. It is used to convey name of the person who is the spouse of the decedent at the time of death. Decendent spouse is an optional element useful for identifying a potential source of information about the decedent and a significant person to who information about the death should be conveyed.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

RelatedPerson

RelatedPerson.id

RelatedPerson.meta

RelatedPerson.meta.profile

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

RelatedPerson.patient

VRDR Decedent

RelatedPerson.relationship

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

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

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