description: 'Entity Axis Cause Of Death (Observation): Up to 20 of instances of this profile may be included in a coding bundle. \nEach instance is labeled with its lineNumber, Position and e-code indicator.\n\nEntity Axis codes represent the raw data as originally reported on the death certificate by the certifier, maintaining the order and position of conditions as they appeared on the death certificate.\nThey include codes for all causes of death listed, including duplicate codes and potentially contradictory information.' package_name: hl7.fhir.us.vrdr derivation: constraint name: EntityAxisCauseOfDeath type: Observation elements: code: short: Cause of death entity axis code [Automated] pattern: type: CodeableConcept value: coding: - {code: 80356-9, system: 'http://loinc.org'} index: 0 subject: type: Reference short: Decedent refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vr-common-library/StructureDefinition/Patient-vr'] index: 1 effective: short: Date/Time when added to death record choices: [effectiveDateTime] index: 3 effectiveDateTime: {type: dateTime, short: Date/Time when added to death record, choiceOf: effective, index: 4} value: choices: [valueCodeableConcept] index: 6 valueCodeableConcept: {type: CodeableConcept, choiceOf: value, index: 7} component: array: true min: 2 index: 8 slicing: rules: open discriminator: - {path: code, type: value} min: 2 slices: lineNumber: match: code: coding: - {code: lineNumber, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} schema: short: lineNumber _required: true index: 9 elements: code: pattern: type: CodeableConcept value: coding: - {code: lineNumber, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} index: 10 value: short: lineNumber choices: [valueInteger] index: 12 valueInteger: {type: integer, short: lineNumber, choiceOf: value, index: 13} required: [value, valueInteger] position: match: code: coding: - {code: position, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} schema: short: position _required: true index: 14 elements: code: pattern: type: CodeableConcept value: coding: - {code: position, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} index: 15 value: short: Position choices: [valueInteger] index: 17 valueInteger: {type: integer, short: Position, choiceOf: value, index: 18} required: [value, valueInteger] eCodeIndicator: match: code: coding: - {code: eCodeIndicator, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} schema: short: Entity Axis Cause of Death order index: 19 elements: code: pattern: type: CodeableConcept value: coding: - {code: eCodeIndicator, system: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/CodeSystem/vrdr-component-cs'} index: 20 value: short: eCodeIndicator choices: [valueBoolean] index: 22 valueBoolean: {type: boolean, short: eCodeIndicator, choiceOf: value, index: 23} required: [value, valueBoolean] package_version: 3.0.0 class: profile kind: resource url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/StructureDefinition/vrdr-entity-axis-cause-of-death base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation version: 3.0.0 required: [value, valueCodeableConcept]