From: Death certificate completion skills of hospital physicians in a developing country
Grade 0 | No errors |
Grade IA | incomplete/inaccurate demographics |
Grade IB | Whether the signatory attended the patient could not be confirmed |
Grade II | Co-morbidities list incomplete |
Grade III | Co-morbidities not listed |
Grade IV | Inappropriate immediate cause of death or only a mechanism(s) of death (or mode of dying) given * |
Grade V | Underlying cause(s) of death was incorrectly attributed or placed in an improper sequence |