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4.3.1.337 4.4.1.8 Value Set ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category

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Responsible Owner: Pharmacy icon Work Group Informative Use Context : Any Country: World
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project. Summary
  • Defining URL: Narrative http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category
  • XML Name:
  • MedicationAdministrationCategory JSON
  • Definition: TTL A coded concept describing where the medication administered is expected to occur
OID:
Official URL : Committee: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category Work Group Version : 6.0.0-ballot3
active as of 2025-11-24 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.337 (for OID based terminology systems) Computable Name : MedicationAdministrationCategoryCodes
Source Resource Flags : XML / JSON OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.347

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.1.337.1 4.4.1.8.1 Definition

MedicationAdministration Category Codes

4.4.1.8.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet medication-admin-category This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Last updated: 2025-11-24T20:46:00.1Z

 

4.3.1.337.2 4.4.1.8.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 19 Apr 2017 24 Nov 2025

ValueSet This value set contains 3 concepts

Expansion performed internally based on http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-admin-category version 3.0.2 All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-admin-category codesystem Medication Administration Category Codes v6.0.0-ballot3 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 4 concepts

System Code Display Definition
http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category    inpatient Inpatient Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting setting.
http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category    outpatient Outpatient Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office) office).
http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category    community Community 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) etc.).
http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category    discharge Discharge Includes administrations for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility.

 

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