Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
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## Extension: MedicationUnitOfPresentation - XML Profile

Active as of 2025-05-27

XML representation of the ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation extension.

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    <StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"/>
      <text>
        <status value="extensions"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation</b></p><a name="ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"> </a><a name="hcihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"> </a><a name="ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation-en-US"> </a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top"><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a></th><th style="width: 100px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px" class="hierarchy"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Additional information about the element">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style="float: right"><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64, " alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_element.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation-definitions.html#Extension" title="Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension.">Extension</a><a name="Extension"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">0</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">*</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html#Extension">Extension</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Medication - Unit of presentation</td></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_extension_simple.png" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Simple Extension" class="hierarchy"/> <span style="text-decoration:line-through">extension</span><a name="Extension.extension"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="text-decoration:line-through"/><span style="text-decoration:line-through">0</span><span style="text-decoration:line-through">..</span><span style="text-decoration:line-through">0</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck10.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_element.gif" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation-definitions.html#Extension.url">url</a><a name="Extension.url"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">..</span><span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a style="opacity: 0.5" href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/datatypes.html#uri">uri</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="color: darkgreen">&quot;https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation&quot;</span></td></tr>
    <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)" class="hierarchy"><img src="tbl_spacer.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="tbl_vjoin_end.png" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/><img src="icon_datatype.gif" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> <a href="StructureDefinition-ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation-definitions.html#Extension.value[x]">value[x]</a><a name="Extension.value_x_"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..<span style="opacity: 0.5">1</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span style="opacity: 0.5">Value of extension</span><br/><span style="font-weight:bold">Binding: </span><a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/valueset-unit-of-presentation.html" title="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/unit-of-presentation">UnitOfPresentation</a> (<a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">example</a>)</td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan="5" class="hierarchy"><br/><a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format"><img src="data:image/png;base64, " alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics">
        <valueCode value="can-bind"/>
      </extension>
      <url
           value="https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"/>
      <version value="1.0.0-comment-2"/>
      <name value="MedicationUnitOfPresentation"/>
      <title value="Medication - Unit of presentation"/>
      <status value="active"/>
      <date value="2025-05-27T16:37:26+02:00"/>
      <publisher value="Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="http://ihe.net"/>
        </telecom>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="secretary@ihe.net"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="José Costa Teixeira"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="jose.a.teixeira@gmail.com"/>
          <use value="work"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension."/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
          <code value="001"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <copyright
                 value="IHE http://www.ihe.net/Governance/#Intellectual_Property"/>
      <fhirVersion value="5.0.0"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
        <name value="RIM Mapping"/>
      </mapping>
      <kind value="complex-type"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <context>
        <type value="element"/>
        <expression value="Medication"/>
      </context>
      <type value="Extension"/>
      <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
      <derivation value="constraint"/>
      <snapshot>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version">
          <valueString value="5.0.0"/>
        </extension>
        <element id="Extension">
          <path value="Extension"/>
          <short value="Medication - Unit of presentation"/>
          <definition
                      value="Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension."/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="*"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="*"/>
          </base>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
          </constraint>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ext-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
            <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
            <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.id">
          <path value="Extension.id"/>
          <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
          <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>
          <definition
                      value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Element.id"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <extension
                       url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
              <valueUrl value="id"/>
            </extension>
            <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
          </type>
          <condition value="ele-1"/>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="n/a"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.extension">
          <path value="Extension.extension"/>
          <slicing>
            <discriminator>
              <type value="value"/>
              <path value="url"/>
            </discriminator>
            <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
            <rules value="open"/>
          </slicing>
          <short value="Extension"/>
          <definition value="An Extension"/>
          <min value="0"/>
          <max value="0"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Element.extension"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="*"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <code value="Extension"/>
          </type>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
          </constraint>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ext-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
            <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
            <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
          <path value="Extension.url"/>
          <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
          <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/>
          <definition
                      value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/>
          <comment
                   value="The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/>
          <min value="1"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension.url"/>
            <min value="1"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <extension
                       url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
              <valueUrl value="uri"/>
            </extension>
            <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
          </type>
          <fixedUri
                    value="https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"/>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="N/A"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
          <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
          <short value="Value of extension"/>
          <definition
                      value="Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html) for a list)."/>
          <min value="1"/>
          <max value="1"/>
          <base>
            <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
            <min value="0"/>
            <max value="1"/>
          </base>
          <type>
            <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
          </type>
          <condition value="ext-1"/>
          <constraint>
            <key value="ele-1"/>
            <severity value="error"/>
            <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
            <expression
                        value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
            <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
          </constraint>
          <isModifier value="false"/>
          <isSummary value="false"/>
          <binding>
            <strength value="example"/>
            <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/unit-of-presentation"/>
          </binding>
          <mapping>
            <identity value="rim"/>
            <map value="N/A"/>
          </mapping>
        </element>
      </snapshot>
      <differential>
        <element id="Extension">
          <path value="Extension"/>
          <short value="Medication - Unit of presentation"/>
          <definition
                      value="Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension."/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.extension">
          <path value="Extension.extension"/>
          <max value="0"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.url">
          <path value="Extension.url"/>
          <fixedUri
                    value="https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation"/>
        </element>
        <element id="Extension.value[x]">
          <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
          <min value="1"/>
          <type>
            <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
          </type>
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            <strength value="example"/>
            <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/unit-of-presentation"/>
          </binding>
        </element>
      </differential>
    </StructureDefinition>