Medications
Publish-box
(todo)
This
is
the
Continuous
Integration
Build
of
FHIR
(will
be
incorrect/inconsistent
at
times).
See
the
Directory
of
published
versions
| Responsible Owner: Pharmacy Work Group | Standards Status : Informative | Compartments : Encounter , Group , Patient , Practitioner |
Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )
Dispense for Azithromycin (NDC code) - completed with multiple dosage lines
{
"resourceType" : "MedicationDispense",
"id" : "meddisp0319",
"contained" : [{
"resourceType" : "Medication",
"id" : "med0320",
"code" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ndc",
"code" : "33261-141-20",
"display" : "PROCHLORPERAZINE MALEATE, 20 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (33261-141-20) (package)"
}],
"text" : "Azithromycin 250mg tablet, film coated (Aidarex Pharmaceuticals LLC)"
}
}],
"status" : "completed",
"medication" : {
"reference" : {
"reference" : "#med0320",
"display" : "Azithromycin (as azithromycin dihydrate) 250 mg oral capsule"
}
},
"subject" : {
"reference" : "Patient/pat1",
"display" : "Donald Duck"
},
"performer" : [{
"actor" : {
"reference" : "Practitioner/f006"
}
}],
"authorizingPrescription" : [{
"reference" : "MedicationRequest/medrx0302"
}],
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode",
"code" : "FFC",
"display" : "First Fill - Complete"
}]
},
"quantity" : {
"value" : 6,
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code" : "TAB"
},
"daysSupply" : {
"value" : 5,
"unit" : "Day",
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code" : "d"
},
"whenPrepared" : "2015-03-16T17:13:00+05:00",
"whenHandedOver" : "2015-03-17T17:13:00+05:00",
"note" : [{
"text" : "Patient told to take with food"
}],
"dosageInstruction" : [{
"sequence" : 1,
"text" : "Two tablets at once",
"additionalInstruction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "311504000",
"display" : "With or after food"
}]
}],
"timing" : {
"repeat" : {
"frequency" : 1,
"period" : 1,
"periodUnit" : "d"
}
},
"route" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "26643006",
"display" : "Oral Route"
}]
},
"method" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "421521009",
"display" : "Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
}]
},
"doseAndRate" : [{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
"code" : "ordered",
"display" : "Ordered"
}]
},
"doseQuantity" : {
"value" : 2,
"unit" : "TAB",
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code" : "TAB"
}
}]
},
{
"sequence" : 2,
"text" : "One tablet daily for 4 days",
"additionalInstruction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "311504000",
"display" : "With or after food"
}]
}],
"timing" : {
"repeat" : {
"boundsDuration" : {
"value" : 4,
"unit" : "days",
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code" : "d"
"dosageInstruction" : {
"step" : [{
"component" : [{
"text" : "Two tablets at once",
"additionalInstruction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "311504000",
"display" : "With or after food"
}]
}],
"timing" : {
"repeat" : {
"frequency" : 1,
"period" : 1,
"periodUnit" : "d"
}
},
"frequency" : 1,
"period" : 1,
"periodUnit" : "d"
}
},
"route" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "26643006",
"display" : "Oral Route"
"route" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "26643006",
"display" : "Oral Route"
}]
},
"method" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "421521009",
"display" : "Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
}]
},
"doseAndRate" : [{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
"code" : "ordered",
"display" : "Ordered"
}]
},
"doseQuantity" : {
"value" : 2,
"unit" : "TAB",
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code" : "TAB"
}
}]
}]
},
"doseAndRate" : [{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
"code" : "ordered",
"display" : "Ordered"
{
"component" : [{
"text" : "One tablet daily for 4 days",
"additionalInstruction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "311504000",
"display" : "With or after food"
}]
}],
"timing" : {
"repeat" : {
"boundsDuration" : {
"value" : 4,
"unit" : "days",
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code" : "d"
},
"frequency" : 1,
"period" : 1,
"periodUnit" : "d"
}
},
"route" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "26643006",
"display" : "Oral Route"
}]
},
"doseAndRate" : [{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
"code" : "ordered",
"display" : "Ordered"
}]
},
"doseQuantity" : {
"value" : 1,
"unit" : "TAB",
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code" : "TAB"
}
}]
},
"doseQuantity" : {
"value" : 1,
"unit" : "TAB",
"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.
FHIR
®©
HL7.org
2011+.
FHIR
R6
hl7.fhir.core#6.0.0-ballot3
generated
on
Tue,
Apr
1,
Wed,
Dec
17,
2025
12:25+1100.
09:54+0000.
Links:
Search
|
Version
History
|
Contents
|
Glossary
|
QA
|
Compare
to
R4
|
Compare
to
R5
|
Compare
to
Last
Ballot
|
|
Propose
a
change