Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
MESA class of underlying cause of death LOINC Disease characterization
Including Alzheimer's Disease (AD)/AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) diagnosis and multiple chronic conditions (MCCs)
NIH CDEs
  • PhenX
    • Miscellaneous

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning code Code system name
Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (complete questions 10, 11 and 12 only) Atherosclerotic coronary heart disease (complete questions 10, 11 and 12 only) LA12725-0 LOINC
Atherosclerotic disease other than coronary disease or stroke (specify) (complete question 12 only) Atherosclerotic disease other than coronary disease or stroke (specify) (complete question 12 only) LA12727-6 LOINC
Non-cardiovascular disease (specify) (skip to end) Non-cardiovascular disease (specify) (skip to end) LA12729-2 LOINC
Other cardiovascular disease, not defined above (specify) (complete question 12 only) Other cardiovascular disease, not defined above (specify) (complete question 12 only) LA12728-4 LOINC
Stroke (skip to end) Stroke (skip to end) LA12783-9 LOINC
Unknown because death certificate unavailable (skip to end) Unknown because death certificate unavailable (skip to end) LA12730-0 LOINC

# Definition Tags
To be completed by Physician who signed the death certificate and/or the patient's Physician. To be abstracted from patient's hospital medical records. Source: Regenstrief LOINC

# Designation Tags
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) classification of underlying cause of death Long Common Name
MESA class of underlying cause of death Short Name

# Identifier Origin Version
XyklG59ohjg NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download
58334-4 LOINC 2.69