medicationRequest Category Codes

Medication request category codes

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MedicationRequest Category Codes

Metadata

hl7.org/fhir
Canonical URL
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category
All-Codes Value Set
http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medicationrequest-category
ID
medicationrequest-category
Version
4.0.1
Publisher
FHIR Project team
Case Sensitive
Yes
In the unified registry

Concepts (4)

inpatient
Inpatient
Includes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting
outpatient
Outpatient
Includes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)
community
Community
Includes requests for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.)
discharge
Discharge
Includes requests for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility