---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Ingredient Function"
codesystem: "ingredient-function"
---
# Ingredient Function

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/ingredient-function
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: IngredientFunction
- **Title**: Ingredient Function
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: A classification of the ingredient identifying its precise purpose(s) in the drug product (beyond e.g. active/inactive).
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Antioxidant | Antioxidant |  |
| AlkalizingAgent | Alkalizing Agent |  |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ingredient-function"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-05T10:01:24.148+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="brr"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ingredient-function"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2079"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="IngredientFunction"/>
  <title value="Ingredient Function"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="A classification of the ingredient identifying its precise purpose(s) in the drug product (beyond e.g. active/inactive)."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ingredient-function"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="Antioxidant"/>
    <display value="Antioxidant"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="AlkalizingAgent"/>
    <display value="Alkalizing Agent"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```