FHIR Release 3 (STU) 4

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Medicationexample0320.json

Pharmacy Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Ballot Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Not linked to any defined compartments

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

Generic Formulation - Azithromycin 250mg oral capsule - includes a reference to a substance in the Ingredient element 

{
  "resourceType": "Medication",
  "id": "med0320",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: med0320</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>code</b>: Azithromycin 250mg capsule (product) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '324252006' = 'Azithromycin 250mg capsule', given as 'Azithromycin 250mg capsule (product)'})</span></p><p><b>isBrand</b>: false</p><p><b>form</b>: Tablet dose form (qualifier value) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '385055001' = 'Tablet', given as 'Tablet dose form (qualifier value)'})</span></p><h3>Ingredients</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Item[x]</b></td><td><b>Amount</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: sub03; Azithromycin (substance) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '387531004' = 'Azithromycin', given as 'Azithromycin (substance)'})</span></td><td>250 mg<span> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 TAB<span> (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/orderableDrugForm code TAB = 'Tablet')</span></td></tr></table></div>"

    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: med0320</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>code</b>: Azithromycin 250mg capsule (product) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '324252006' = 'Azithromycin 250mg capsule', given as 'Azithromycin 250mg capsule (product)'})</span></p><p><b>form</b>: Tablet dose form (qualifier value) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '385055001' = 'Tablet', given as 'Tablet dose form (qualifier value)'})</span></p><h3>Ingredients</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Item[x]</b></td><td><b>Strength</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>id: sub03; Azithromycin (substance) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '387531004' = 'Azithromycin', given as 'Azithromycin (substance)'})</span></td><td>250 mg<span> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 TAB<span> (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = 'Tablet')</span></td></tr></table></div>"

  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Substance",
      "id": "sub03",
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "387531004",
            "display": "Azithromycin (substance)"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "code": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "324252006",
        "display": "Azithromycin 250mg capsule (product)"
      }
    ]
  },
  "isBrand": false,

  "form": {
    "coding": [
      {
        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code": "385055001",
        "display": "Tablet dose form (qualifier value)"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ingredient": [
    {
      "itemReference": {
        "reference": "#sub03"
      },
      "amount": {

      "strength": {

        "numerator": {
          "value": 250,
          "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code": "mg"
        },
        "denominator": {
          "value": 1,
          "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/orderableDrugForm",

          "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",

          "code": "TAB"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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.