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Codesystem-medication-admin-category.json

Example CodeSystem/medication-admin-category (JSON)

Maturity Level : N/A
Vocabulary Responsible Owner: Pharmacy Work Group Ballot Standards Status : Informative

Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )

Definition for Code System MedicationAdministrationCategory SystemMedicationAdministrationCategoryCodes

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "medication-admin-category",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"

  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "medication-admin-category",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2025-11-27T16:48:47.349+00:00"

  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"

  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem medication-admin-category</b></p><a name=\"medication-admin-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcmedication-admin-category\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">inpatient<a name=\"medication-admin-category-inpatient\"> </a></td><td>Inpatient</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">outpatient<a name=\"medication-admin-category-outpatient\"> </a></td><td>Outpatient</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">community<a name=\"medication-admin-category-community\"> </a></td><td>Community</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">discharge<a name=\"medication-admin-category-discharge\"> </a></td><td>Discharge</td><td>Includes administrations for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility.</td></tr></table></div>"

  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
      "valueString": "Informative"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 2
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "phx"
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-admin-category",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.338"

  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "phx"

  },
  "version": "3.0.2",
  "name": "MedicationAdministrationCategory",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "A coded concept describing where the medication administered is expected to occur",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "inpatient",
      "display": "Inpatient",
      "definition": "Includes administrations in an inpatient or acute care setting"
    },
    {
      "code": "outpatient",
      "display": "Outpatient",
      "definition": "Includes administrations in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)"
    },
    {
      "code": "community",
      "display": "Community",
      "definition": "Includes administrations by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc)"
    }
  ]

  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "informative"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category",
  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
  "name" : "MedicationAdministrationCategoryCodes",
  "title" : "Medication Administration Category Codes",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "publisher" : "HL7 International",
  "description" : "Medication Administration Category Codes \n **Note to Balloters: This code system is expected to move to [terminology.hl7.org](http://terminology.hl7.org)**",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "inpatient",
    "display" : "Inpatient",
    "definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting."
  },
  {
    "code" : "outpatient",
    "display" : "Outpatient",
    "definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "community",
    "display" : "Community",
    "definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "discharge",
    "display" : "Discharge",
    "definition" : "Includes administrations for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility."
  }]

}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.