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        Alternate Name
        Item #
        Length
        Source of Standard
        Implemented Year
        Implemented Version
        Retired Year
        Retired Version
        Column #
    
    
        
        1940
        3
        NPCR
        
        
        
        
        2275 - 2277
    


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 [1940] 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.