# AU Core Medication - AU Core Implementation Guide v3.0.0-ballot1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](fhirartefacts.md)
* [**Artefacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AU Core Medication**

## Resource Profile: AU Core Medication 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/au-core-medication | *Version*:3.0.0-ballot1 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](https://build.fhir.org/ig/hl7au/au-fhir-base/generalguidance.html#maturity-levels): 2 | *Computable Name*:AUCoreMedication |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License. HL7 Australia© 2022+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved. | | |

 
This profile sets minimum expectations for a Medication resource to record, search, and fetch medications associated with a patient. It is based on the [AU Base Medication](http://build.fhir.org/ig/hl7au/au-fhir-base/StructureDefinition-au-medication.html) profile and identifies the **additional** mandatory core elements, extensions, vocabularies and value sets that **SHALL** be present in the Medication when conforming to this profile. It provides the floor for standards development for specific uses cases in an Australian context. 
In AU Core a Medication resource is used within the context of a referencing resource: MedicationAdministration, MedicationDispense, MedicationRequest, or MedicationStatement resource. 

See [Comparison with other national and international IGs](comparison.md) for a comparison between AU Core profiles and profiles in other implementation guides.

### Usage Scenarios

The following are supported usage scenarios for this profile:

* Query medications associated with a patient referenced by another resource
* Record or update a medication associated with a patient referenced by another resource
* Read medications associated with a patient referenced by another resource

### Profile Specific Implementation Guidance

* See the [Medicine Information](medicine-information.md) page for guidance on how medicinal product identification can be structured in FHIR conformant to AU Core.
* The Medication resource **SHALL NOT** be used to represent that a patient is not currently taking any medications; implementers **SHOULD** use the MedicationStatement resource following the [profile specific implementation guidance](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationstatement.md#profile-specific-implementation-guidance) in [AU Core MedicationStatement](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationstatement.md).

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [AU Core MedicationDispense](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationdispense.md), [AU Core MedicationRequest](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationrequest.md) and [AU Core MedicationStatement](StructureDefinition-au-core-medicationstatement.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Medication/1active-ingredient](Medication-1active-ingredient.md), [Medication/2active-ingredients](Medication-2active-ingredients.md), [Medication/lipex](Medication-lipex.md) and [Medication/simvastatin](Medication-simvastatin.md)
* CapabilityStatements using this Profile: [AU Core Requester CapabilityStatement](CapabilityStatement-au-core-requester.md) and [AU Core Responder CapabilityStatement](CapabilityStatement-au-core-responder.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.au.core|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-au-core-medication.json)

**Changes since version 2.0.0:**

* The resource metadata has changed (description)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-au-core-medication.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-au-core-medication.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-au-core-medication.sch) 

### Notes:

Below is an overview of the mandatory and optional search parameters. FHIR search operations and the syntax used to describe the interactions is described [here](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/search.html).

#### Mandatory Search Parameters

No mandatory search parameters for this profile.

#### Optional Search Parameters

No optional search parameters for this profile.



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-core-medication",
  "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/core/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.au.core"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/au-core-medication",
  "version" : "3.0.0-ballot1",
  "name" : "AUCoreMedication",
  "title" : "AU Core Medication",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-07-29T02:45:10+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Australia",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Australia FHIR Work Group",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HAFWG",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile sets minimum expectations for a Medication resource to record, search, and fetch medications associated with a patient. It is based on the [AU Base Medication](http://build.fhir.org/ig/hl7au/au-fhir-base/StructureDefinition-au-medication.html) profile and identifies the *additional* mandatory core elements, extensions, vocabularies and value sets that **SHALL** be present in the Medication when conforming to this profile. It provides the floor for standards development for specific uses cases in an Australian context. \n\nIn AU Core a Medication resource is used within the context of a referencing resource: MedicationAdministration, MedicationDispense, MedicationRequest, or MedicationStatement resource.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Used by permission of HL7 International, all rights reserved Creative Commons License. HL7 Australia© 2022+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "script10.6",
    "uri" : "http://ncpdp.org/SCRIPT10_6",
    "name" : "Mapping to NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Medication",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-medication",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Medication",
      "path" : "Medication"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.code",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-responder"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:no-error"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-requester"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.code",
      "min" : 1,
      "mustSupport" : true
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.code.coding",
      "path" : "Medication.code.coding",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "pattern",
          "path" : "$this"
        }],
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.code.coding:pbs",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-responder"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:no-error"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-requester"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.code.coding",
      "sliceName" : "pbs",
      "mustSupport" : true,
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org.au/ValueSet/pbs-item"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.code.coding:amt",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:populate-if-known"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-responder"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      },
      {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:no-error"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/ActorDefinition/au-core-actor-requester"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.code.coding",
      "sliceName" : "amt",
      "mustSupport" : true,
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/australian-medication-1"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
