Body Part Status Diagram

Status Code

Diagram No.

Body Part

1

Cranium

2

Mandible

3

Torso

4

Right Upper Arm

5

Right Forearm

6

Right Hand

7

Left Upper Arm

8

Left Forearm

9

Left Hand

10

Right Upper Leg

11

Right Lower Leg

12

Right foot

13

Left Upper Leg

14

Left Lower Leg

15

Left Foot

Code

Description

N

Not Recovered

D

Recovered – Decomposed

F

Recovered – Fresh

S

Skeletal

R

Recovered (not valid on or after April 4, 2004)

Instructions:

Enter the appropriate alpha code for each body part.

The purpose of the body part status is to link two or more agencies that recover parts of one body.  Therefore, body parts which were amputated and healed prior to death (antemortem) should be coded as recovered in the Body Parts Status Field.  Body parts which were amputated antemortem should be coded in the Scars, Marks, Tattoos and Other Physical Characteristics Field using the missing body parts code.