Description
State or country where the patient died and where certificate of death is filed. Effective with NAACCR Volume II, Version 13 two new data items, Place of Death--State [1942] and Place of Death--Country [1944] were added to the standard transmission record layout. The UDS Committee expects the new items to replace the use of Place of Death [190] since the new items use interoperable codes.
Rationale
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.
Codes in addition to geocodes
997 |
Not applicable, patient alive |
999 |
Place of death unknown |
Note: See Appendix B for geocodes.