AeHIN Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCoD) Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - Draft for AeHIN Member Review Asia

Bangladesh Core FHIR Implementation Guide - Published by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: MCCoD Place of Occurrence of External Cause (Experimental)

Official URL: http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-place-of-injury Version: 0.1.0
Draft as of 2026-05-21 Computable Name: MCCoDPlaceOfInjuryCS

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Code system defining the place of occurrence of the external cause of death, as specified in the WHO Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCoD) Form B. This element is relevant only when the manner of death involves an external cause (Assault, Accident, Legal Intervention, Intentional Self Harm, War). When the code 'other' is used, the Observation SHALL include a text component specifying the place — this is enforced at the profile level. Member countries SHALL use these codes without modification to ensure regional comparability.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This case-insensitive code system http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-place-of-injury defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:

CodeDisplayDefinition
at-home At Home

The external cause occurred at the deceased's private residence, including house, apartment, or other dwelling place.

residential Residential Institution

The external cause occurred at a residential institution such as a nursing home, orphanage, prison, or military barracks.

school-or-public-administration School, Other Institution or Public Administrative Area

The external cause occurred at a school, university, other educational institution, government office, or public administrative area.

sports-and-athletics Sports and Athletics Area

The external cause occurred at a sports facility, athletics ground, swimming pool, gymnasium, or similar recreational sports area.

street-and-highway Street and Highway

The external cause occurred on a public road, street, highway, freeway, motorway, or footpath adjacent to a road.

trade-and-service Trade and Service Area

The external cause occurred at a commercial or service establishment such as a market, shop, restaurant, hotel, office building, or place of work not elsewhere classified.

industrial-and-construction Industrial and Construction Area

The external cause occurred at a factory, industrial site, construction site, mine, power plant, or similar industrial area.

farm Farm

The external cause occurred on agricultural land, farm buildings, or other farming premises.

other Other Place (Please Specify)

The external cause occurred at a place not covered by the other codes. When this code is used, a text description of the place SHALL be provided in the Observation.valueCodeableConcept.text element.

unknown Unknown

The place of occurrence of the external cause is not known. Use only when the place genuinely cannot be determined.