"Patient Characteristic, Expired"
The "Patient Characteristic Expired" data element should document that the patient is deceased.
Timing: The "Patient Characteristic, Expired" is a single point in time representing the date and time of death. It does not have a start and stop time.
Note: Patient Characteristic Expired is fixed to SNOMED-CT® code 419099009 (Dead) and therefore cannot be further qualified with a value set.
Individual Characteristic
cause
The recorded cause of death.
Note: Previous versions of the QDM referred to this attribute as reason.