CONTACTS
AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING REFERENCES
K = Contact ¯ = One page
§ = Manual æ = Online $ = Purchase
K Questions? Contact
Dorene
is a statistician and nosology (medical classification) specialist with the Arkansas
Department of Health’s Center for Health Statistics. Since 1976, she has reviewed the cause-of
death sections on over 750,000 death certificates. Dorene is nationally certified in both
Multiple and Underlying Cause of Death Classification. In addition to being a statistician, her
responsibilities in Health Statistics include ICD medical coding, quality
assurance of medical information on birth and death certificates, and answering
questions about how to report cause of death.
FREE FROM VITAL RECORDS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
¯ “Instructions for Completing the Cause of Death
Section of the Death Certificate”
¯ “Instructions for Completing
the Cause of Death Section of the Death Certificate for Injury and
Poisoning”
§ “Physician’s
Handbook on Medical Certification of Death”
Basic
reference; useful for all certifiers, not just MDs.
§ “Medical Examiners’ and Coroners’ Handbook on Death Registration and
Fetal Death Reporting” Basic reference; useful for all certifiers, not just Medical Examiners
and Coroners.
ONLINE
æ "Writing Cause of Death Statements” This
on-line tutorial includes basic
principles, quick tips, a cause of death
writer utility to “test” your own reporting, and special tutorials on reporting SIDS, injury,
and poisoning. thename.org
AVAILABLE
FOR PURCHASE
§
$ “The Medical Cause of Death
Manual; Instructions for Writing Cause of Death Statements for Deaths Due to
Natural Causes” and “Cause of
Death Statements and Certification of Natural and Unnatural Deaths; Protocol
and Options” These over
100-page manuals are available from the College
of American Pathologists [1-800]
323-4040 extension 7531.
§
$ æ "A Guide
for Manner of Death Classification" Detailed 29-page manual focuses
on Item 26, manner of death (natural, accident, etc.) Source:
thename.org NOTE: You may be able
to find this on-line, but it won’t print out.