View Information View Name HL7 V2.6 IG: VR Death Reporting STU R2 US Realm (NCHS->VR Coded R&E) Download View Download View View Description This view provides the value sets used for the NCHS to provide coded race and ethnicity information to a jurisdictional vital records office. View Status Published View Status Date 01/22/2019 View Version 2 View Version Status Published View Version Status Date 01/22/2019 View Version Description HL7 V2.6 View Notes The HL7 V2.6 Vital Records Death Reporting specification covers the provision of death reporting information from a clinical setting to the applicable jurisdictional vital records reporting agency within the United States, utilizing the HL7 V2.6 standard. It also addresses the requirements for reporting death information from the jurisdictional vital records offices to the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), and provides a way for NCHS to return coded cause of death, and coded race and ethnicity information back to the jurisdictional vital records offices. This is a US realm specification. Subscribe

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