Resources
Medication
Resources
Medication
This resource is primarily used for the identification and definition of a medication for the purposes of prescribing, dispensing, and administering a medication as well as for making statements about medication use.
Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| identifier | No | Identifier[] | Business identifier for this medication |
| code | No | CodeableConcept | Codes that identify this medication |
| status | No | code | active / inactive / entered-in-error |
| manufacturer | No | Reference<Organization> | Manufacturer of the item |
| form | No | CodeableConcept | powder / tablets / capsule + |
| amount | No | Ratio | Amount of drug in package |
| ingredient | No | MedicationIngredient | Active or inactive ingredient |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - item[x] | Yes | CodeableConcept, Reference<Substance / Medication> | The actual ingredient or content |
| - isActive | No | boolean | Active ingredient indicator |
| - strength | No | Ratio | Quantity of ingredient present |
| batch | No | MedicationBatch | Details about packaged medications |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - lotNumber | No | string | Identifier assigned to batch |
| - expirationDate | No | dateTime | When batch will expire |
Search Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | token | Returns medications for a specific code | Medication.code |
| expiration-date | date | Returns medications in a batch with this expiration date | Medication.batch.expirationDate |
| form | token | Returns medications for a specific dose form | Medication.form |
| identifier | token | Returns medications with this external identifier | Medication.identifier |
| ingredient | reference | Returns medications for this ingredient reference | Medication.ingredient.item |
| ingredient-code | token | Returns medications for this ingredient code | Medication.ingredient.item |
| lot-number | token | Returns medications in a batch with this lot number | Medication.batch.lotNumber |
| manufacturer | reference | Returns medications made or sold for this manufacturer | Medication.manufacturer |
| status | token | Returns medications for this status | Medication.status |
Inherited Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | Meta | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see Medication.