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CodeSystem: Medication Type

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/medication-type Version: 4.2.0-preview
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 2 Computable Name: MedicationType
Other Identifiers: urn:ietf:rfc:3986#Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)#urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.2.3.4.1.4.1

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The Medication Type code system defines concepts in a classification scheme for medication coding. The classification scheme defines the nature of the properties defined by the code e.g. branded product with no strength or form. This allows the distinction between codes provided containing container, pack, strength and form explicitly especially where terminologies supplied are unknown or terminology services are unavailable.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

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

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