Release 5

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Example MedicationRequest/medrx0324 (JSON)

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

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

Request using Medication Code for Rectal Suppository - Acetaminophen - completed with reasonCode, dispenseRequest and substitution

{
  "resourceType" : "MedicationRequest",
  "id" : "medrx0324",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: MedicationRequest</b><a name=\"medrx0324\"> </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;medrx0324&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id:\u00a012345689\u00a0(use:\u00a0OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>intent</b>: order</p><h3>Medications</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Paracetamol 240mg suppository (product) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#322254008)</span></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>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><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Scarlet Fever (disorder) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#30242009)</span></td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 1</p><p><b>text</b>: Insert one suppository rectally twice daily as needed for fever to a maximim of 3 per day</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: Do not take with any other paracetamol products (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#418637003)</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: 2 per 1 days</p><p><b>asNeededFor</b>: Fever (finding) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#386661006)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>doseAndRate</b></p></blockquote><p><b>maxDosePerPeriod</b>: 720 mg<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code mg = 'mg')</span>/1 d<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code d = 'd')</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>dispenseRequest</b></p><p><b>validityPeriod</b>: 2015-01-15 --&gt; 2016-01-15</p><p><b>numberOfRepeatsAllowed</b>: 3</p><p><b>quantity</b>: 30 RECSUPP<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm code RECSUPP = 'Rectal Suppository')</span></p><h3>ExpectedSupplyDurations</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>System</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>10</td><td>days</td><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html\">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a></td><td>d</td></tr></table></blockquote><h3>Substitutions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Allowed[x]</b></td><td><b>Reason</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>true</td><td>formulary policy <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActReason.html\">ActReason</a>#FP)</span></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
    "value" : "12345689"
  }],
  "status" : "completed",
  "intent" : "order",
  "medication" : {
    "concept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "322254008",
        "display" : "Paracetamol 240mg suppository (product)"
      }]
    }
  },
  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/pat1",
    "display" : "Donald Duck"
  },
  "authoredOn" : "2015-01-15",
  "requester" : {
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f007",
    "display" : "Patrick Pump"
  },
  "reason" : [{
    "concept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "30242009",
        "display" : "Scarlet Fever (disorder)"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "dosageInstruction" : [{
    "sequence" : 1,
    "text" : "Insert one suppository rectally twice daily as needed for fever to a maximim of 3 per day",
    "additionalInstruction" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "418637003",
        "display" : "Do not take with any other paracetamol products (qualifier value)"
      }]
    }],
    "timing" : {
      "repeat" : {
        "frequency" : 2,
        "period" : 1,
        "periodUnit" : "d"
      }
    },
    "asNeededFor" : [{
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "386661006",
        "display" : "Fever (finding)"
      }]
    }],
    "doseAndRate" : [{
      "type" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
          "code" : "ordered",
          "display" : "Ordered"
        }]
      },
      "doseQuantity" : {
        "value" : 240,
        "unit" : "mg",
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "mg"
      }
    }],
    "maxDosePerPeriod" : [{
      "numerator" : {
        "value" : 720,
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "mg"
      },
      "denominator" : {
        "value" : 1,
        "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
        "code" : "d"
      }
    }]
  }],
  "dispenseRequest" : {
    "validityPeriod" : {
      "start" : "2015-01-15",
      "end" : "2016-01-15"
    },
    "numberOfRepeatsAllowed" : 3,
    "quantity" : {
      "value" : 30,
      "unit" : "RECSUPP",
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm",
      "code" : "RECSUPP"
    },
    "expectedSupplyDuration" : {
      "value" : 10,
      "unit" : "days",
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "code" : "d"
    }
  },
  "substitution" : {
    "allowedBoolean" : true,
    "reason" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActReason",
        "code" : "FP",
        "display" : "formulary policy"
      }]
    }
  }
}

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.