##  Death Location

**Death Location** is a profile of the [FHIR STU3 Location](http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/location.html) resource. It is used to convey the identity of the physical location that is the place where the decedent’s death occurred. It includes the name, description, and postal address of the place of death. The type of location is express as physical type – building, vehicle, road – and if death occurred in a hospital the type of service delivery location – inpatient, emergency, ambulatory.

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### **UML Expression**

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{{render:vrdrdeathlocationUML}}</center>

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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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|physicalType|Value Set|Location-physical-type||
|type|Value Set|v3-ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType||

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### **Element Table**

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### **Requirements Traceability Mappings**

|Element Path|Reference|Location|Data Item|
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|address|Vital Records DAM|2.03 Facility|postalAddress|
|address|Death Certificate| Item 16|City or Town, state, and zip|
|address|Death Certificate| Item 17|County of Death|
|address|Standard Death Record IG|SDR Decedent Profile|Patient.extension:placeofdeath[postaladdress]|
|name|Vital Records DAM|2.03 Facility|facilityname [place of death]|
|name|Death Certificate| Item 15|Facility Name|
|name|Standard Death Record IG|SDR Decedent Profile|Patient.extension:placeofdeath[facilityname]|
|physicalType|Vital Records DAM|2.02 Event Location|locationType|
|physicalType|Death Certificate| Item 14|Place of Death|
|physicalType|Standard Death Record IG|SDR Decedent Profile|Patient.extension:placeofdeath[placeofdeathtype]|

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### **Instance Example**

**Example Values**

|Element Name|Element Value|
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|ID|example-death-location|
|name|Example Hospital|
|description|Example Hospital Wing B|
|tye.code.system|v3-RoleCode|
|type.code.code|HOSP|
|type.code.display|Hospital|
|address.line|8 Example Street|
|address.city|Bedford|
|address.district|Middlesex|
|address.state|Massachusetts|
|address.postalCode|01730|
|address.country|United States|
|physicalType.code.system|location-physical-type|
|physicalType.code.code|wa|
|physicalType.code.display|Ward|

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**Example XML Instance**
~~~
<Location>
  <id value="example-death-location" />
  <name value="Example Hospital" />
  <description value="Example Hospital Wing B" />
  <type>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType" />
      <code value="HOSP" />
      <display value="Hospital" />
    </coding>
  </type>
  <address>
    <line value="8 Example Street" />
    <city value="Bedford" />
    <district value="Middlesex" />
    <state value="Massachusetts" />
    <postalCode value="01730" />
    <country value="United States" />
  </address>
  <physicalType>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type" />
      <code value="wa" />
      <display value="Ward" />
    </coding>
  </physicalType>
</Location>