7.4.2 Deceased Indicator and Time
Observations about members of the patient's family are recorded in the Family history
section. The subject of the observation is the family member. In order to record information
about whether this family member is deceased and when, the deceasedInd and deceacedTime
extensions have been defined.
CONF-540: A subject
MAY include a deceasedInd element from the urn:hl7-org:sdtc namespace to indicate whether the person is deceased.
CONF-541: The deceasedInd element SHALL be of the Boolean (BL) data type.
CONF-542: The deceasedInd element SHALL appear immediately following the birthTime element.
CONF-543: A subject MAY include a deceasedTime element from the urn:hl7-org:sdtc namespace to indicate when the person died.
CONF-544: The deceasedTime element SHALL be of the Time Stamp (TS) data type.
CONF-545: The deceasedTime element SHALL appear immediately following the deceasedInd element.
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