View Information
View Name HL7 V2.6 IG: VR Death Reporting STU R2 US Realm (VR to NCHS)
View Description This view provides the value sets used for reporting death information from a jurisdictional vital records office to NCHS.
View Status Published
View Status Date 01/22/2019
View Version 1
View Version Status Published
View Version Status Date 06/30/2016
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.
Version History
  • Version 1
    (Not Current)

    Value Set Code Value Set Name Version Value Set OID  
PHVS_ActivityType_NCHS Activity Type (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7370 Details
PHVS_CityPlaces_NCHS City Places (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7512 Details
PHVS_ContributoryTobaccoUse_NCHS Contributory Tobacco Use (NCHS) 3 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.6004 Details
PHVS_Country_GEC Country (GEC) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7162 Details
PHVS_County_FIPS_6-4 County 3 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.829 Details
PHVS_DeathReportObservationIdentifier_NCHS Death Report Observation Identifier (NCHS) 4 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7267 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingEventReason_NCHS Death Reporting Event Reason (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7383 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingIdentifierType_HL70203_NCHS Death Reporting Identifier Type (HL70203) (NCHS) 2 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7382 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingMessageType_NCHS Death Reporting Message Type (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7444 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingNameTypeCode_NCHS Death Reporting Name Type Code (NCHS) 2 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7378 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingObservationResultStatus_NCHS Death Reporting Observation Result Status (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7496 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingProfiles_NCHS Death Reporting Profiles (NCHS) 4 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7386 Details
PHVS_DeathReportingValueType_NCHS Death Reporting Value Type (NCHS) 2 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7497 Details
PHVS_DecedentEducationLevel_NCHS Decedent Education Level (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7385 Details
PHVS_EditFlags_NCHS Edit Flags (NCHS) 1 2.16.840.1.114222.4.11.7387 Details