type: codesystemcodesystem: medicationrequest-category
Medication Request Category Codes
- Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category
- Version: 6.0.0-ballot4
- Status: active
- Name: MedicationRequestCategoryCodes
- Title: Medication Request Category Codes
- Publisher: HL7 International
- Description: Medication Request Category Codes Note to Balloters: This code system is expected to move to terminology.hl7.org
- Case Sensitive: true
- Content: complete
Concepts
| Code | Display | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
CodeSystem XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="medicationrequest-category"/>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="phx"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="informative"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category"/>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot4"/>
<name value="MedicationRequestCategoryCodes"/>
<title value="Medication Request Category Codes"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<publisher value="HL7 International"/>
<description value="Medication Request Category Codes 
 **Note to Balloters: This code system is expected to move to [terminology.hl7.org](http://terminology.hl7.org)**"/>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medicationrequest-category"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="inpatient"/>
<display value="Inpatient"/>
<definition value="Includes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="outpatient"/>
<display value="Outpatient"/>
<definition value="Includes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="community"/>
<display value="Community"/>
<definition value="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.)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="discharge"/>
<display value="Discharge"/>
<definition value="Includes requests for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility."/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>