64297-5

LOINC Code


LOINC code64297-5
name
descriptionA death certificate is a public, legal document issued by a government official (such as a registrar of vital statistics) that declares the date, location, and cause of a person's death. The physician's principal responsibility in death registration is to complete the medical part of the death certificate, which includes: date and time pronounced dead, date and time of death, whether case was referred to medical examiner or coroner, cause of death section (cause of death, manner of death, tobacco use, pregnancy status for females), injury items (for cases involving injury), and certifier section (with signatures). This term could be used for other kinds of death certificates (e.g. non-US) and for CDA.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentDeath certificate
propertyFind  =  Finding
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system{Setting}
scaleDoc  =  Document:  A document that could be in many formats (XML, narrative, etc.)
method{Role}

Additional Names

short nameDOC.ONT; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random

Basic Attributes

classDOC.ONTOLOGY
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationDeath Certifica

Member of these Groups

LG41826-5{Setting}|ANYTypeofService|ANYKindofDocument|ANYRole|ANYSubjectMatterDomain

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.67
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

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