86804-2

LOINC code 86804-2 identifies "Cause of death classification and related information Document". This document contains coded cause of death information, along with information about the activity at the time of death, pregnancy status, any injury details and whether tobacco use contributed to the death. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Coded Cause of Death document in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 (US Realm).

This code measures Cause of death classification+related information in ^Patient. It belongs to the DOC.MISC class in the LOINC classification.

LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is a universal standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observations. It is maintained by the Regenstrief Institute and used worldwide for health data exchange.