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The document titled 'Cause of Death Certification: A Guide for completing the Death Notification Form (DNF) – BI-1663' serves as a comprehensive resource for medical practitioners in South Africa, detailing the process and importance of accurately completing death notification forms. It emphasizes the significance of proper cause of death certification for public health statistics and legal documentation, outlines the steps involved in death registration, and provides guidelines on how to fill out the DNF correctly. The guide also addresses confidentiality issues, common problems encountered during certification, and includes examples to illustrate proper practices.

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What is the certificate of cause of death?

A properly completed cause-of-death certificate provides a description of the order, type and association of events that have resulted in the death. The diagnoses reported on the certificate are coded with the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition.

What do you put as cause of death on a death certificate?

The cause-of-death information should be YOUR best medical OPINION. A condition can be listed as probable even if it has not been definitively diagnosed.

What is certification of the cause of death?

This refers to the completion of the death notification form by a registered medical practitioner where the doctor certifies to the cause of death to the best of their knowledge and belief. On receipt of the documentation, the Civil Registration Office will issue a death certificate.

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