##  Decedent Education Level

**Decedent Education Level** is a profile of the [FHIR STU3 Observation](http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/observation.html) resource. It is used to convey the highest level of education completed by the decedent. It is an optional element useful for use in stratification of death information for research, analysis, or decision making purposes.

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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|
|-
|code|Fixed Value|"80913-7"|LOINC|
|status|Fixed Value|"final"|observation-status|
|subject|Reference|VRDR Decedent||
|valueCodeableConcept|Value Set|v3-EducationLevel||

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### **Element Table**

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### **Requirements Traceability Mappings**

|Element Path|Reference|Location|Data Item|
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|valueCodeableConcept|Vital Records DAM|3.02 Decedent|educationLevel|
|valueCodeableConcept|Death Certificate| Item 51|Decedent's Education|
|valueCodeableConcept|Standard Death Record IG|SDR Decedent Profile|Patient.extension:education|

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### **Instance Example**

**Table of Values**

|Element Name|Element Value|
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|ID|example-decedent-education-level|
|profile|VRDR-Decedent-Education-Level|
|status|final|
|code.code|80913-7|
|subject.reference|example-decedent|
|value.system|v3-EducationLevel|
|value.code|GD|
|value.displayName|Graduate or professional Degree complete|

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**XML Instance**

~~~
<Observation>
  <id value="example-decedent-education-level" />
  <meta>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/VRDR-Decedent-Education-Level" />
  </meta>
  <status value="final" />
  <code>
    <coding>
      <code value="80913-7" />
    </coding>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="example-decedent" />
  </subject>
  <valueCodeableConcept>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-EducationLevel" />
      <code value="GD" />
      <display value="Graduate or professional Degree complete" />
    </coding>
  </valueCodeableConcept>
</Observation>