Primarily used for identification and definition of Medication, but also covers ingredients and packaging.

The common/commercial name of the medication absent information such as strength, form, etc. E.g. Acetaminophen, Tylenol 3, etc. The fully coordinated name is communicated as the display of Medication.code.

A code (or set of codes) that identify this medication. Usage note: This could be a standard drug code such as a drug regulator code, RxNorm code, SNOMED CT code, etc. It could also be a local formulary code, optionally with translations to the standard drug codes.

When defining a medication, the code is the "identifying" code for the medication. All the codings provided should be at the same level in the hierarchy (generic, formulation, generic strength, etc.). Codes that relate the medication across the hierarchy should be conveyed using the relationships inherent in Medication.package and Medication.product.

Set to true if the item is attributable to a specific manufacturer (even if we don't know who that is).

Describes the details of the manufacturer.

Medications are either a single administrable product or a package that contains one or more products.

Information that only applies to products (not packages).

Describes the form of the item. Powder; tables; carton.

Identifies a particular constituent of interest in the product.

The ingredients need not be a complete list; usually only active ingredients are listed.

The actual ingredient - either a substance (simple ingredient) or another medication.

Specifies how many (or how much) of the items there are in this Medication. E.g. 250 mg per tablet.

Information about a group of medication produced or packaged from one production run.

The assigned lot number of a batch of the specified product.

When this specific batch of product will expire.

Information that only applies to packages (not products).

The kind of container that this package comes as.

A set of components that go to make up the described item.

Identifies one of the items in the package.

The amount of the product that is in the package.