---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Dose Limit Scope Codes"
codesystem: "dose-limit-scope"
---
# Dose Limit Scope Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/dose-limit-scope
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: DoseLimitScopeCodes
- **Title**: Dose Limit Scope Codes
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dosage | Dosage | Maximum quantity for the dosage (depends on scope whether it's the course, a step, or a choice) |
| period | Period | Maximum dosage per specified period |
| administration | Administration | Maximum Dosage for a single dose |
| lifetime | Lifetime | Maximum amount of lifetime exposure across all dosages ever |

## CodeSystem XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../input-cache/schemas/R4/fhir-single.xsd">
  <id value="dose-limit-scope"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="phx"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/dose-limit-scope"/>
  <name value="DoseLimitScopeCodes"/>
  <title value="Dose Limit Scope Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>  
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/>
  <content value="complete"/>  
  <concept>
    <code value="dosage"/>
    <display value="Dosage"/>
    <definition value="Maximum quantity for the dosage (depends on scope whether it's the course, a step, or a choice)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="period"/>
    <display value="Period"/>
    <definition value="Maximum dosage per specified period"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="administration"/>
    <display value="Administration"/>
    <definition value="Maximum Dosage for a single dose"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="lifetime"/>
    <display value="Lifetime"/>
    <definition value="Maximum amount of lifetime exposure across all dosages ever"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```