Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
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Extension: Medication - Characteristic

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic Version: 1.0.0-comment-2
Active as of 2025-05-27 Computable Name: MedicationCharacteristic

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Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

Context of Use

    This extension may be used on the following element(s):

Usage info

Usage:

Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Medication - Characteristic
... extension 1..* Extension Extension
... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
.... extension:type 1..1 Extension Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "type"
..... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
.... extension:value 0..1 Extension Descriptive value of the characteristic
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "value"
..... value[x] 0..1 Value of extension
...... valueBoolean boolean
...... valueDateTime dateTime
...... valueDecimal decimal
...... valueInteger integer
...... valueString string
...... valueCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
...... valueQuantity Quantity
...... valueRatio Ratio
... url 1..1 uri "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"

doco Documentation for this format
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Medication - Characteristic
... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
... Slices for extension 1..* Extension Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... extension:type 1..1 Extension Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "type"
..... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
.... extension:value 0..1 Extension Descriptive value of the characteristic
..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "value"
..... value[x] 0..1 Value of extension
...... valueBoolean boolean
...... valueDateTime dateTime
...... valueDecimal decimal
...... valueInteger integer
...... valueString string
...... valueCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
...... valueQuantity Quantity
...... valueRatio Ratio
... url 1..1 uri "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

  • type: CodeableConcept: An Extension
  • value: boolean, dateTime, decimal, integer, string, CodeableConcept, Quantity, Ratio: An Extension

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Medication - Characteristic
... extension 1..* Extension Extension
... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
.... extension:type 1..1 Extension Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "type"
..... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
.... extension:value 0..1 Extension Descriptive value of the characteristic
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "value"
..... value[x] 0..1 Value of extension
...... valueBoolean boolean
...... valueDateTime dateTime
...... valueDecimal decimal
...... valueInteger integer
...... valueString string
...... valueCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
...... valueQuantity Quantity
...... valueRatio Ratio
... url 1..1 uri "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"

doco Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Extension 0..* Extension Medication - Characteristic
... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
... Slices for extension 1..* Extension Extension
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
.... extension:type 1..1 Extension Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "type"
..... value[x] 0..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
.... extension:value 0..1 Extension Descriptive value of the characteristic
..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
..... extension 0..0
..... url 1..1 uri "value"
..... value[x] 0..1 Value of extension
...... valueBoolean boolean
...... valueDateTime dateTime
...... valueDecimal decimal
...... valueInteger integer
...... valueString string
...... valueCodeableConcept CodeableConcept
...... valueQuantity Quantity
...... valueRatio Ratio
... url 1..1 uri "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"

doco Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

  • type: CodeableConcept: An Extension
  • value: boolean, dateTime, decimal, integer, string, CodeableConcept, Quantity, Ratio: An Extension

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Terminology Bindings

PathConformanceValueSetURI
Extension.extension:type.value[x]exampleMedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medicationknowledge-characteristic
from the FHIR Standard

Constraints

IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
: extension.exists() != value.exists()