---
type: "resource-definitions"
title: "InventoryItem Definitions"
resource: "InventoryItem"
---

# InventoryItem Definitions

<a id="InventoryItem"></a>

## InventoryItem
A functional description of an inventory item used in inventory and supply-related workflows

**Definition:** A functional description of an inventory item used in inventory and supply-related workflows.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Mappings:** w5=administrative.entity


<a id="InventoryItem.identifier"></a>

## InventoryItem.identifier
Business identifier for the inventory item

**Definition:** Business identifier for the inventory item.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [Identifier](/Identifier)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.status"></a>

## InventoryItem.status
active | inactive | entered-in-error | unknown

**Definition:** Status of the item entry.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [code](/code)

**Binding:** required:[inventoryitem-status](/valueset-inventoryitem-status)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.category"></a>

## InventoryItem.category
Category or class of the item

**Definition:** Category or class of the item.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.code"></a>

## InventoryItem.code
Code designating the specific type of item

**Definition:** Code designating the specific type of item.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.name"></a>

## InventoryItem.name
The item name(s) - the brand name, or common name, functional name, generic name or others

**Definition:** The item name(s) - the brand name, or common name, functional name, generic name.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.name.nameType"></a>

## InventoryItem.name.nameType
The type of name e.g. 'brand-name', 'functional-name', 'common-name'

**Definition:** The type of name e.g. 'brand-name', 'functional-name', 'common-name'.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [Coding](/Coding)

**Binding:** preferred:[inventoryitem-nametype](/valueset-inventoryitem-nametype)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.name.language"></a>

## InventoryItem.name.language
The language used to express the item name

**Definition:** The language that the item name is expressed in.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [code](/code)

**Binding:** required:[languages](/valueset-languages)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.name.name"></a>

## InventoryItem.name.name
The name or designation of the item

**Definition:** The name or designation that the item is given.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [string](/string)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization"></a>

## InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization
Organization(s) responsible for the product

**Definition:** Organization(s) responsible for the product.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)


<a id="InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization.role"></a>

## InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization.role
The role of the organization e.g. manufacturer, distributor, or other

**Definition:** The role of the organization e.g. manufacturer, distributor, etc.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)


<a id="InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization.organization"></a>

## InventoryItem.responsibleOrganization.organization
An organization that is associated with the item

**Definition:** An organization that has an association with the item, e.g. manufacturer, distributor, responsible, etc.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** Reference([Organization](/Organization))


<a id="InventoryItem.description"></a>

## InventoryItem.description
Descriptive characteristics of the item

**Definition:** The descriptive characteristics of the inventory item.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)


<a id="InventoryItem.description.language"></a>

## InventoryItem.description.language
The language that is used in the item description

**Definition:** The language for the item description, when an item must be described in different languages and those languages may be authoritative and not translations of a 'main' language.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [code](/code)

**Binding:** required:[languages](/valueset-languages)


<a id="InventoryItem.description.description"></a>

## InventoryItem.description.description
Textual description of the item

**Definition:** Textual description of the item.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [string](/string)


<a id="InventoryItem.inventoryStatus"></a>

## InventoryItem.inventoryStatus
The usage status like recalled, in use, discarded

**Definition:** The usage status e.g. recalled, in use, discarded... This can be used to indicate that the items have been taken out of inventory, or are in use, etc.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.baseUnit"></a>

## InventoryItem.baseUnit
The base unit of measure - the unit in which the product is used or counted

**Definition:** The base unit of measure - the unit in which the product is used or counted.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.netContent"></a>

## InventoryItem.netContent
Net content or amount present in the item

**Definition:** Net content or amount present in the item.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [Quantity](/Quantity)([SimpleQuantity](/SimpleQuantity))

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.association"></a>

## InventoryItem.association
Association with other items or products

**Definition:** Association with other items or products.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)


<a id="InventoryItem.association.associationType"></a>

## InventoryItem.association.associationType
The type of association between the device and the other item

**Definition:** This attribute defined the type of association when establishing associations or relations between items, e.g. 'packaged within' or 'used with' or 'to be mixed with.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.association.relatedItem"></a>

## InventoryItem.association.relatedItem
The related item or product

**Definition:** The related item or product.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** Reference([InventoryItem](/InventoryItem), [Medication](/Medication), [Device](/Device), [DeviceDefinition](/DeviceDefinition), [NutritionProduct](/NutritionProduct), [BiologicallyDerivedProduct](/BiologicallyDerivedProduct))

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.association.quantity"></a>

## InventoryItem.association.quantity
The quantity of the product in this product

**Definition:** The quantity of the related product in this product - Numerator is the quantity of the related product. Denominator is the quantity of the present product. For example a value of 20 means that this product contains 20 units of the related product; a value of 1:20 means the inverse - that the contained product contains 20 units of the present product.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [Ratio](/Ratio)

**Summary:** true


<a id="InventoryItem.characteristic"></a>

## InventoryItem.characteristic
Characteristic of the item

**Definition:** The descriptive or identifying characteristics of the item.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)


<a id="InventoryItem.characteristic.characteristicType"></a>

## InventoryItem.characteristic.characteristicType
The characteristic that is being defined

**Definition:** The type of characteristic that is being defined.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)


<a id="InventoryItem.characteristic.value[x]"></a>

## InventoryItem.characteristic.value[x]
The value of the attribute

**Definition:** The value of the attribute.

**Comments:** The string value is used for characteristics that are descriptive and not codeable information. CodeableConcept.text is used when the characteristic is discrete and could otherwise be coded but for which there is no code available.

**Cardinality:** 1..1

**Type:** [string](/string), [integer](/integer), [decimal](/decimal), [boolean](/boolean), [url](/url), [dateTime](/dateTime), [Quantity](/Quantity), [Range](/Range), [Ratio](/Ratio), [Annotation](/Annotation), [Address](/Address), [Duration](/Duration), [CodeableConcept](/CodeableConcept)


<a id="InventoryItem.instance"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance
Instances or occurrences of the product

**Definition:** Instances or occurrences of the product.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [BackboneElement](/BackboneElement)


<a id="InventoryItem.instance.identifier"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance.identifier
The identifier for the physical instance, typically a serial number

**Definition:** The identifier for the physical instance, typically a serial number.

**Cardinality:** 0..*

**Type:** [Identifier](/Identifier)


<a id="InventoryItem.instance.lotNumber"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance.lotNumber
The lot or batch number of the item

**Definition:** The lot or batch number of the item.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [string](/string)


<a id="InventoryItem.instance.expiry"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance.expiry
The expiry date or date and time for the product

**Definition:** The expiry date or date and time for the product.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** [dateTime](/dateTime)


<a id="InventoryItem.instance.subject"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance.subject
The subject that the item is associated with

**Definition:** The subject that the item is associated with.

**Comments:** Group is only allowed in the circumstance where the group represents a family or a household, and should not represent groups of Practitioners where other more specific resources can be used instead.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** Reference([Patient](/Patient), [Organization](/Organization), [Group](/Group))


<a id="InventoryItem.instance.location"></a>

## InventoryItem.instance.location
The location that the item is associated with

**Definition:** The location that the item is associated with.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** Reference([Location](/Location))


<a id="InventoryItem.productReference"></a>

## InventoryItem.productReference
Link to a product resource used in clinical workflows

**Definition:** Link to a product resource used in clinical workflows.

**Cardinality:** 0..1

**Type:** Reference([Medication](/Medication), [Device](/Device), [NutritionProduct](/NutritionProduct), [BiologicallyDerivedProduct](/BiologicallyDerivedProduct))