Mortician

Mortician is a profile of the FHIR STU3 Practitioner resource. It is used to convey identifying information – name, identifier, and qualification – of the person responsible for disposition of the decedent’s bodily remains. Typically, the Director of a funeral home.

UML Expression

vrdrmorticianUML

Structure Definition

id0..1
profile1..1Pattern
name1..1
identifier1..1
code1..1CodeableConceptBinding

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.id0..1
Practitioner.meta0..1
Practitioner.meta.profile1..1
Practitioner.name1..1
Practitioner.qualification0..*
Practitioner.qualification.identifier1..1
Practitioner.qualification.codeCodeableConcept1..1

Requirements Traceability Mappings

Element Path Reference Location Data Item
name Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party name
name Death Certificate Item 22 Signature of Funeral Service Licensee or Other Agent
name Standard Death Record IG SDR FuneralDirector Profile Practitioner.name
qualification.identifier Vital Records DAM 2.04 Responsible Party identifier
qualification.identifier Death Certificate Item 23 License Number [Funeral Director]
qualification.identifier Standard Death Record IG SDR FuneralDirector Profile Practitioner.identifier

Instance Example

<Practitioner>
  <id value="example-mortician" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Mortician" />
  </meta>
  <name>
    <use value="official" />
    <family value="MFamily" />
    <given value="Mortician" />
    <given value="MMiddle" />
    <suffix value="Jr." />
  </name>
  <qualification>
    <identifier>
      <value value="1234567890" />
    </identifier>
  </qualification>
</Practitioner>