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Data used to categorize individuals for identification, records matching, and other purposes.
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Related Person's Relationship
Description
Relationship of a person to a patient. (e.g., parent, next-of-kin, guardian, custodian) |
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
Proposed change:
This data element is not a patient demographic. A new data class "Related Person" should be created and this data element should be moved to that new data class.
Submitted by nedragarrett_CDC on
CDC's comment on behalf of NACCHO for USCDI v5
Support - Having a new data class will enable multiple related people.