AU Base on FHIR R4

Australian Base Implementation Guide

This page is part of AU Base v4.0.0 based on FHIR R4. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Defining URL:

http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/medication-type

Version:

4.0.0

Name:

MedicationType

Title:

Medication Type

Status:

Active as of 2021-07-08

Definition:

The Medication Type code system defines concepts in a classification scheme for medication coding. The classification scheme defines the type of information covered by the code e.g. branded product with no strength or form.

Publisher:

Health Level Seven Australia (Medications WG)

Copyright:

Content:

Complete: All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.2.3.4.1.4.1 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource:

XML / JSON / Turtle

MedicationType

This code system http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/medication-type defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
UPD	Unbranded product with no strengths or form	Unbranded product with no strengths or form. (For AMT this is equivalent to the MP - Medicinal Product concept)
UPDS	Unbranded product with strengths but no form	Unbranded product with strengths but no form.
UPDF	Unbranded product with form but no strengths	Unbranded product with form but no strengths.
UPDSF	Unbranded product with strengths and form	Unbranded product with strengths and form. (For AMT this is equivalent to the MPUU - Medicinal Product Unit of Use concept)
UPG	Unbranded package with no container	Unbranded package with no container. (For AMT this is equivalent to the MPP - Medicinal Product Pack concept)
BPD	Branded product with no strengths or form	Branded product with no strengths or form. (For AMT this is equivalent to the TP - Trade Product concept)
BPDS	Branded product with strengths but no form	Branded product with strengths but no form
BPDF	Branded product with form but no strengths	Branded product with form but no strengths
BPDSF	Branded product with strengths and form	Branded product with strengths and form. (For AMT this is equivalent to the TPUU - Trade Product Unit of Use concept)
BPG	Branded package with no container	Branded package with no container. (For AMT this is equivalent to the TPP - Trade Product Pack concept)
BPGC	Branded package with container	Branded package with container. (For AMT this is equivalent to the CTPP - Containered Trade Product Pack concept)