RelatedPerson-AnitaLambertsDeceasedPatient-Example

Example of a RelatedPerson resource linking a Patient resource, covering the eventuality of a patient being marked a deceased while a test is in progress or in the event that a deceased patient's sample is being utilised for further testing on a family member.

RelatedPerson
{
    "resourceType": "RelatedPerson",
    "id": "RelatedPerson-AnitaLambertsDeceasedPatient-Example",
    "identifier":  [
        {
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number",
            "value": "8449303650"
        }
    ],
    "patient": {
        "reference": "Patient/Patient-AnitaLambertsDeceasedPatient-Example",
        "identifier": {
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number",
            "value": "8449303649"
        }
    },
    "relationship":  [
        {
            "coding":  [
                {
                    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleCode",
                    "code": "NMTH",
                    "display": "natural mother"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
<RelatedPerson xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="RelatedPerson-AnitaLambertsDeceasedPatient-Example" />
    <identifier>
        <system value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" />
        <value value="8449303650" />
    </identifier>
    <patient>
        <reference value="Patient/Patient-AnitaLambertsDeceasedPatient-Example" />
        <identifier>
            <system value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" />
            <value value="8449303649" />
        </identifier>
    </patient>
    <relationship>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-RoleCode" />
            <code value="NMTH" />
            <display value="natural mother" />
        </coding>
    </relationship>
</RelatedPerson>