Release 5

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Example MedicationRequest/medrx0310 (JSON)

Pharmacy Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Request for Over the Counter Medication - Tylenol PM - with dosage range as needed with pre-condition for use

{
  "resourceType" : "MedicationRequest",
  "id" : "medrx0310",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: MedicationRequest</b><a name=\"medrx0310\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource MedicationRequest &quot;medrx0310&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a012345689\u00a0(use:\u00a0OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>intent</b>: order</p><h3>Medications</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a name=\"med0309\"> </a><blockquote><p/><p><a name=\"med0309\"> </a></p><p><b>code</b>: Tylenol PM <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ndc.html\">National drug codes</a>#50580-608-02)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-a.html\">Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> &quot;Donald DUCK&quot;</p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a href=\"encounter-example-f001-heart.html\">Encounter/f001: encounter who leads to this prescription</a></p><p><b>authoredOn</b>: 2015-01-15</p><p><b>requester</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f007-sh.html\">Practitioner/f007: Patrick Pump</a> &quot;Simone HEPS&quot;</p><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 1</p><p><b>text</b>: Take 1-2 tablets once daily at bedtime as needed for restless legs</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: Take at bedtime <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: Once per 1 days</p><p><b>asNeededFor</b>: Restless Legs <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#32914008)</span></p><p><b>route</b>: Oral Route <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#26643006)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>doseAndRate</b></p></blockquote></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "contained" : [{
    "resourceType" : "Medication",
    "id" : "med0309",
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ndc",
        "code" : "50580-608-02",
        "display" : "Tylenol PM"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
    "value" : "12345689"
  }],
  "status" : "active",
  "intent" : "order",
  "medication" : {
    "reference" : {
      "reference" : "#med0309"
    }
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/pat1",
    "display" : "Donald Duck"
  },
  "encounter" : {
    "reference" : "Encounter/f001",
    "display" : "encounter who leads to this prescription"
  },
  "authoredOn" : "2015-01-15",
  "requester" : {
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f007",
    "display" : "Patrick Pump"
  },
  "dosageInstruction" : [{
    "sequence" : 1,
    "text" : "Take 1-2 tablets once daily at bedtime as needed for restless legs",
    "additionalInstruction" : [{
      "text" : "Take at bedtime"
    }],
    "timing" : {
      "repeat" : {
        "frequency" : 1,
        "period" : 1,
        "periodUnit" : "d"
      }
    },
    "asNeededFor" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "32914008",
        "display" : "Restless Legs"
      }]
    }],
    "route" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "26643006",
        "display" : "Oral Route"
      }]
    },
    "doseAndRate" : [{
      "type" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
          "code" : "ordered",
          "display" : "Ordered"
        }]
      },
      "doseRange" : {
        "low" : {
          "value" : 1,
          "unit" : "TAB",
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
          "code" : "TAB"
        },
        "high" : {
          "value" : 2,
          "unit" : "TAB",
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
          "code" : "TAB"
        }
      }
    }]
  }]
}

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.