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Extension: Medication Type
This extension applies to the Coding datatype and provides a value to indicate a classification of the type of medication the parent coding. This is useful when there are multiple codings from the same CodingSystem at different levels/classifications.
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-type
This profile builds on Extension.
This profile was published on Tue Dec 05 15:57:59 AEDT 2017 as a draft by null.
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..* | Medication Type | ||
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-type" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Binding: Medication Type (required) | |
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| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Medication Type | |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | xml:id (or equivalent in JSON) | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-type" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Medication Type (required) | |
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Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..* | Medication Type | ||
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-type" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Binding: Medication Type (required) | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..* | Medication Type | |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | xml:id (or equivalent in JSON) | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-type" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension Binding: Medication Type (required) | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

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