##  Death Certificate Document

**Death Certificate Document** is a profile of the [FHIR STU3 Bundle](http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/bundle.html) resource. A FHIR bundle resource is a container for a collection of resources. In the case of the death certificate document it is a container of resources conveying certification of death. The first entry in the bundle is the death certificate composition. Remaining entries in the bundle are all of the directly related and supporting resources conveying information contained in the death certificate – decedent demographics, death investigation, death certification, and disposition of the decedent’s remains.

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### **UML Expression**

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### **Structure Definition**

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### **Element Bindings**
|Element Name|Binding Type|Binding Value|Fixed Value Code System|
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|entry.resource|Reference|VRDR Death Certificate||
|type|Fixed Value|"document"|bundle-type|

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### **Element Table**

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### **Instance Example**

**Example Values**

|Element Name|Element Value|
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|id|Example-VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document|
|profile|VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document|
|identifier.value|1234567890|
|type|document|

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**Example XML Instance**

~~~
<Bundle xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Example-VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document"/>
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Death-Certificate-Document" />
  </meta>
  <identifier>
    <value value="1234567890" />
  </identifier>
  <type value="document" />
  <entry>
  </entry>
</Bundle>