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

ValueSet: MCCoD Manner of Death Codes (Experimental)

Official URL: http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/ValueSet/mccod-manner-of-death-codes Version: 0.1.0
Draft as of 2026-05-21 Computable Name: MCCoDMannerOfDeathVS

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Value set for the manner of death as documented on the WHO Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCoD), Frame B.

This value set includes all codes from the AeHIN MCCoD Manner of Death code system. It is bound REQUIRED to the MCCoDMannerOfDeath Observation profile, meaning only these codes are permitted.

Guidance for member countries: Countries wishing to map these codes to SNOMED CT or ICD-11 external cause codes for interoperability purposes SHOULD do so in their national implementation guide, which extends this IG. No additional codes SHALL be added at the regional level; extensions are national only.

SNOMED CT cross-reference (informative, not binding):

  • Disease → 38605008 (Natural death)
  • Assault → 27935005 (Homicide)
  • Accident → 7878000 (Accidental death)
  • Intentional Self Harm → 44301001 (Suicide)

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

 

Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem MCCoD Manner of Death v0.1.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 9 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  diseaseDisease

Death resulted from a naturally occurring disease process. Use when there is no external cause, violence, or injury involved.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  assaultAssault

Death resulted from injuries inflicted intentionally by another person. Includes homicide. Requires completion of the external cause section.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  accidentAccident

Death resulted from an unintentional injury or external event. Requires completion of the external cause section.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  legal-interventionLegal Intervention

Death resulted from injuries inflicted during a legal intervention, including operations of war in the course of law enforcement. Requires completion of the external cause section.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  could-not-be-determinedCould Not Be Determined

The manner of death could not be determined based on available information at the time of certification. Distinct from 'Pending investigation' in that investigation has concluded without a definitive finding.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  pending-investigationPending Investigation

The manner of death has not yet been determined because an investigation is ongoing. This is a provisional status and should be updated once the investigation concludes.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  intentional-self-harmIntentional Self Harm

Death resulted from injuries or actions intentionally self-inflicted with the intent to cause death. Includes suicide. Requires completion of the external cause section.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  warWar

Death resulted from injuries sustained during war operations or armed conflict. Requires completion of the external cause section.

http://mccod.w3datanet.com/fhir/CodeSystem/mccod-manner-of-death  unknownUnknown

The manner of death is not known and cannot be determined. Use only when information is genuinely unavailable, not as a default.

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments Additional notes about how to use the code