---
type: "search-params"
title: "Medication Search Parameters"
resource: "Medication"
---
# Medication Search Parameters

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

## code
**Description:** Returns medications for a specific code

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.code

**Path:** Medication.code

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-code


<a id="expiration-date"></a>

## expiration-date
**Description:** Returns medications in a batch with this expiration date

**Type:** date

**Expression:** Medication.instance.expirationDate

**Path:** Medication.instance.expirationDate

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-expiration-date


<a id="form"></a>

## form
**Description:** Returns medications for a specific dose form

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.doseForm

**Path:** Medication.doseForm

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-form


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

## identifier
**Description:** Returns medications with this external identifier

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.identifier

**Path:** Medication.identifier

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-identifier


<a id="ingredient"></a>

## ingredient
**Description:** Returns medications for this ingredient reference

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Medication.ingredient.item.reference

**Path:** Medication.ingredient.item.reference

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-ingredient


<a id="ingredient-code"></a>

## ingredient-code
**Description:** Returns medications for this ingredient code

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.ingredient.item.concept

**Path:** Medication.ingredient.item.concept

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-ingredient-code


<a id="lot-number"></a>

## lot-number
**Description:** Returns medications in a batch with this lot number

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.instance.lotNumber

**Path:** Medication.batch.lotNumber

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-lot-number


<a id="marketingauthorizationholder"></a>

## marketingauthorizationholder
**Description:** Returns medications made or sold for this marketing authorization holder

**Type:** reference

**Expression:** Medication.marketingAuthorizationHolder

**Path:** Medication.marketingAuthorizationHolder

**Standards Status:** normative


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

## status
**Description:** Returns medications for this status

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.status

**Path:** Medication.status

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-status


<a id="serial-number"></a>

## serial-number
**Description:** Returns medications in a instance with this lot number

**Type:** token

**Expression:** Medication.identifier

**Path:** Medication.instance.lotNumber

**Standards Status:** normative

**URL:** http://hl7.org/fhir/build/SearchParameter/Medication-serial-number