Examiner Contacted

Examiner Contacted is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Observation resource. It is used to convey an indication as to whether the medical examiner (or coroner) was contacted to conduct a death investigation. A medical examiner is typically contacted when the situation involving death is sudden and unexpected or when there is cause to believed that the cause of death was other than natural.

UML Expression

Structure Definition

Observation

Observation.id

Observation.meta

Observation.meta.profile

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Examiner-Contacted

Observation.status

final

Observation.code

{
  "coding": [
    {
      "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1",
      "code": "74497-9",
      "display": "Medical examiner or coroner was contacted"
    }
  ]
}

Observation.subject

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

Observation.value[x]

Observation.value[x]:valueBoolean

Element Bindings

Element Table

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Instance Example

<Observation>
  <id value="example-examiner-contacted" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Examiner-Contacted" />
  </meta>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.1" />
      <code value="74497-9" />
      <display value="Medical examiner or coroner was contacted" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <valueBoolean value="true" />
</Observation>