---
type: "example"
title: "MedicationRequest Example: medicationrequest0350"
resource: "MedicationRequest"
example: "medicationrequest0350"
---
# MedicationRequest Example: medicationrequest0350

Request with 3 reasons to justify alternative.

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MedicationRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/medicationrequest.xsd"
    xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="medicationrequest0350"/>
    <contained>
        <Medication>
            <id value="med033027"/>
            <code>
                <coding>
                    <system value="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm"/>
                    <code value="2646460"/>
                    <display value="doxycycline monohydrate Oral Tablet"/>
                </coding>
            </code>
        </Medication>
    </contained>
    <identifier>
        <use value="official"/>
        <system value="http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions"/>
        <value value="123456789"/>
    </identifier>
    <status value="active"/>
    <intent value="order"/>
    <medication>
        <reference>
            <reference value="#med033027"/>
            <display value="doxycycline monohydrate Oral Tablet"/>
        </reference>
    </medication>
    <subject>        <!-- Linked to the resource patient who needs the medication -->
        <reference value="Patient/pat1"/>
        <display value="Donald Duck"/>
    </subject>
    <authoredOn value="2015-01-15"/>
    <requester>
        <reference value="Practitioner/f007"/>
        <display value="Patrick"/>
    </requester>
  <!-- Reason #1: AllergyIntolerance (supported in your system) -->
  <reason>
    <reference>
    <reference value="AllergyIntolerance/medication"/>
    <display value="Allergy to penicillins (e.g., amoxicillin)"/>
    </reference>
  </reason>

  <!-- Reason #2: Alternative therapy (because of that allergy) -->
  <reasonCode>
    <text value="Alternative therapy due to penicillin allergy"/>
  </reasonCode>

  <!-- Reason #3: Actual indication (infection prevention / prophylaxis) -->
  <reason>
    <concept>
      <coding>
        <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
        <code value="724053002"/>
        <text value="Antibiotic therapy for prevention of recurrent infection (procedure)"/>
    </coding>
    </concept>
  </reason>


</MedicationRequest>
```