cause of death status underlying cause of death status Oliver He, Long Tran https://athena.ohdsi.org/search-terms/terms?domain=Condition+Status https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/hb_cod.pdf OMOP4976981 https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2790 The underlying cause of death refers to the disease or injury that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced the injury.