Format/Length:	n1
HES Item:
National Codes:
Default Codes:

Notes: 
PDS DEATH NOTIFICATION STATUS CODE is the status of a death notification, for the purposes of the Personal Demographics Service Birth Notification Data Set.

Permitted National Codes:

1	Informal - death notice received via an update from a local NHS Organisation such as GP or Trust
2	Formal - death notice received from Registrar of Deaths