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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.
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