Release 4B

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Codesystem-medicationrequest-course-of-therapy.xml

Pharmacy Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code SystemMedicationRequest Course of Therapy Codes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="medicationrequest-course-of-therapy"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2022-05-28T12:47:40.239+10:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-course-of-therapy
         defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">continuous
            <a name="medicationrequest-course-of-therapy-continuous"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Continuous long term therapy</td> 
          <td> A medication which is expected to be continued beyond the present order and which the
             patient should be assumed to be taking unless explicitly stopped.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">acute
            <a name="medicationrequest-course-of-therapy-acute"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Short course (acute) therapy</td> 
          <td> A medication which the patient is only expected to consume for the duration of the current
             order and which is not expected to be renewed.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">seasonal
            <a name="medicationrequest-course-of-therapy-seasonal"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Seasonal</td> 
          <td> A medication which is expected to be used on a part time basis at certain times of the
             year</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="phx"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-course-of-therapy"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1327"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.3.0"/> 
  <name value="MedicationRequest Course of Therapy Codes"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medicationrequest-course-of-therapy"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="continuous"/> 
    <display value="Continuous long term therapy"/> 
    <definition value="A medication which is expected to be continued beyond the present order and which the
     patient should be assumed to be taking unless explicitly stopped."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="acute"/> 
    <display value="Short course (acute) therapy"/> 
    <definition value="A medication which the patient is only expected to consume for the duration of the current
     order and which is not expected to be renewed."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="seasonal"/> 
    <display value="Seasonal"/> 
    <definition value="A medication which is expected to be used on a part time basis at certain times of the
     year"/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.