State of Death

Organization	Field Name	ID	Required
KCR	State of Death (DeathState)	10303	no
NAACCR	Place of Death--State	1942	no

Field Length: 2

Record the 2 character abbreviation for the patient’s state of death. See APPENDIX B for alphabetic listings of the appropriate codes and their definitions. Use the most specific code.

Code	Definition
KY	If the state in which the patient died was Kentucky, then use the USPS code for the state of Kentucky
XX	Died in a country other than the U.S. (including it territories, commonwealths, or possessions) or Canada and the country is known
YY	Died in a country other than the U.S. (including it territories, commonwealths, or possessions) or Canada and the country is unknown
US	Died in the U.S. (including it territories, commonwealths, or possessions) and the state is unknown
CD	Died in Canada and the province is unknown
ZZ	State of death unknown

KCR Abstractors Manual

State of Death

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