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Extension: Dispense Number [FMM Level 2]
This extension applies to the MedicationDispense resource and the value indicates the dispense number or sequence number that has been reached for a therapeutic good prescribed with repeats. It has the value 1 when there are no repeats. The value increments by one each time a dispense act is successfully completed.
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dispense-number
This extension applies to the MedicationDispense resource and the value indicates the dispense number or sequence number that has been reached for a therapeutic good prescribed with repeats. It has the value 1 when there are no repeats. The value increments by one each time a dispense act is successfully completed.
This profile builds on Extension.
This profile was published on Tue Oct 22 00:00:00 AEDT 2019 as a draft by Health Level Seven Australia (Medications WG).
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | Number of this dispense | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dispense-number" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | integer | Dispense Number | |
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| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..1 | Extension | Number of this dispense |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dispense-number" | |
![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | (Slice Definition) | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | integer | Dispense Number |
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Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | Number of this dispense | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dispense-number" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | integer | Dispense Number | |
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Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..1 | Extension | Number of this dispense |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/dispense-number" | |
![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | (Slice Definition) | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | integer | Dispense Number |
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Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

Below is an overview of the required search and read operations.
Summary of Search Criteria for StructureDefinition-dispense-number
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