AU Base Implementation Guide
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## : PBS Item Codes - JSON Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 2

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    {
      "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
      "id" : "pbs-item-external",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem pbs-item-external</b></p><a name=\"pbs-item-external\"> </a><a name=\"hcpbs-item-external\"> </a><p>This case-insensitive code system <code>http://pbs.gov.au/code/item</code> defines codes, but no codes are represented here</p></div>"
      },
      "extension" : [
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
          "valueInteger" : 2
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
          "valueCode" : "trial-use",
          "_valueCode" : {
            "extension" : [
              {
                "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
                "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.au.base"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "url" : "http://pbs.gov.au/code/item",
      "version" : "7.0.0-ballot1",
      "name" : "PBSItemCodes",
      "title" : "PBS Item Codes",
      "status" : "active",
      "experimental" : false,
      "date" : "2026-07-27T20:52:57+00:00",
      "publisher" : "HL7 Australia",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "name" : "HL7 Australia FHIR Working Group",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HAFWG",
              "use" : "work"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "This CodeSystem resource represents the items listed on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) schedule published by the Department of Health. Codes are represented as five or six characters in format (n)nnnna and the display is the PBS prescribing rule preferred term. This is not the canonical publication of this code system nor it is intended to be publication on behalf of the Department of Health. For the complete content of the code system contact the publisher.",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
              "code" : "AU"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "copyright" : "Copyright (c) Department of Health, Commonwealth of Australia.",
      "caseSensitive" : false,
      "compositional" : false,
      "versionNeeded" : false,
      "content" : "not-present"
    }