DEFINITION:
Marital status at time just prior to injury.
CODE:
1 Single (a person who has never married)
2 Married (a person who is married, whether legally or by commonlaw definition of seven years cohabitation)
3 Divorced (a person who is legally divorced)
4 Separated (includes both legal separation and living apart from a married partner)
5 Widowed
6 Cohabitation. [CODE NO LONGER USED.]
7 Other
9 Unknown
NOTE:
If separated but living together for >7 years, code as "2=married".
*If married more than once, code to the most recent.
EXAMPLE:
Patient was separated from spouse at time of injury.
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