01090

Cause Of Death

2014-03-17
Definition: This field identifies the coded cause of death. May be repeated as necessary to list multiple contributing causes. A text description can be included by including text but no code or coding system. For example, if the cause of death is to be determined at autopsy but results are not yet available, the cause of death element could be ^Pending autopsy^. The date/time of death can be sent in the PID and the autopsy results sent in the event description from autopsy element of the PEO segment.
LengthNot specified
9999no table for CE
22 components
1O-Identifier
2O-Text
3CName of Coding System
4O-Alternate Identifier
5O-Alternate Text
6CName of Alternate Coding System
7C-Coding System Version ID
8O-Alternate Coding System Version ID
9O-Original Text
10O-Second Alternate Identifier
11O-Second Alternate Text
12CName of Second Alternate Coding System
13O-Second Alternate Coding System Version ID
14C-Coding System OID
15O-Value Set OID
16C-Value Set Version ID
17C-Alternate Coding System OID
18O-Alternate Value Set OID
19C-Alternate Value Set Version ID
20C-Second Alternate Coding System OID
21O-Second Alternate Value Set OID
22C-Second Alternate Value Set Version ID