80359-3
Cause of death.underlying [Manual]
Active
Term Description
A manually assigned ICD code for the underlying cause of death, determined according to WHO rules for encoding underlying cause of death. Manual code assignment is performed when the computer generated process [LOINC: 80358-5] fails to select a code. This term was created for the CDC HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Reporting Death Information from the EHR to Vital Records, R1.2.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
Part Description
LP202954-6 Cause of death.underlying
The disease or injury that initiated the chain of morbid events that led directly and inevitably to death.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Cause of death.underlying
- Property
- Find
- Time
- Pt
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Nom
- Method
- Manual
Preferred Answer List: LL1892-0
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Externally Defined
- Yes
- Link to External List
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/icd.htm
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SURVEY.CDC
- Type
- Surveys
- First Released
- Version 2.54
- Last Updated
- Version 2.56
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info
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- CodeSystem lookup
- https:
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