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LOINC 2.82

Geographic place of death

Definition

  • State or country where the patient died and where certificate of death is filed. This field also helps carry out death clearance. When a hospital reports a place of death, the information can help in death certificate matching. It can also signal an out-of-state death for which the death certificate is to be requested... NAACCR Data Standards and Data Dictionary Version 11

Component

  • Geographic place of death

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • TUMRRGT

Property

  • Type

Scale

  • Nom

Related names

  • Nominal; Point in time; Random; TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR); Typ

Index terms

  • Nominal
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • TUMOR REGISTRY(NAACCR)
  • Typ