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Definition for Code SystemMedicationAdministrationCategoryCodes
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"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "medication-admin-category",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2025-11-03T08:55:27.392+00:00",
"profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
},
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"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem medication-admin-category</b></p><a name=\"medication-admin-category\"> </a><a name=\"hcmedication-admin-category\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"/><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Profile: <a href=\"shareablecodesystem.html\">Shareable CodeSystem</a></p></div><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">inpatient<a name=\"medication-admin-category-inpatient\"> </a></td><td>Inpatient</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">outpatient<a name=\"medication-admin-category-outpatient\"> </a></td><td>Outpatient</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">community<a name=\"medication-admin-category-community\"> </a></td><td>Community</td><td>Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">discharge<a name=\"medication-admin-category-discharge\"> </a></td><td>Discharge</td><td>Includes administrations for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "phx"
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medication-admin-category",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "MedicationAdministrationCategoryCodes",
"title" : "Medication Administration Category Codes",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"publisher" : "HL7 International",
"description" : "Medication Administration Category Codes \n **Note to Balloters: This code system is expected to move to [terminology.fhir.org](http://terminology.fhir.org)**",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-admin-category",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "inpatient",
"display" : "Inpatient",
"definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting."
},
{
"code" : "outpatient",
"display" : "Outpatient",
"definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)."
},
{
"code" : "community",
"display" : "Community",
"definition" : "Includes administrations for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.)."
},
{
"code" : "discharge",
"display" : "Discharge",
"definition" : "Includes administrations for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility."
}]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the
examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part
of the specification.