DaVinci Payer Data Exchange (PDex) US Drug Formulary
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DaVinci Payer Data Exchange (PDex) US Drug Formulary, published by HL7 International / Pharmacy. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/davinci-pdex-formulary/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Codes for medication drug tiers in health plans

Page standards status: Trial-use

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@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

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     fhir:Narrative.div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE</b></p><a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE\"> </a><a name=\"hcusdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/CodeSystem/usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE</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\">generic<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-generic\"> </a></td><td>Generic</td><td>Commonly prescribed generic drugs that cost more than drugs in the 'preferred generic' tier.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">preferred<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-preferred\"> </a></td><td>Preferred</td><td>Commonly prescribed drugs that are preferred by the plan.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">non-preferred<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-non-preferred\"> </a></td><td>Non-preferred</td><td>Commonly prescribed drugs that cost more than drugs in the 'preferred' tier.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">preferred-generic<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-preferred-generic\"> </a></td><td>Preferred Generic</td><td>Commonly prescribed generic drugs.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">non-preferred-generic<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-non-preferred-generic\"> </a></td><td>Non-preferred Generic</td><td>Generic drugs that cost more than drugs in ‘generic’ tier.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">specialty<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-specialty\"> </a></td><td>Specialty</td><td>Drugs used to treat complex conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis. They can be generic or brand name, and are typically the most expensive drugs on the formulary.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">brand<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-brand\"> </a></td><td>Brand</td><td>Brand name drugs that cost more than ‘preferred brand’ drugs.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">preferred-brand<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-preferred-brand\"> </a></td><td>Preferred Brand</td><td>Brand name drugs</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">non-preferred-brand<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-non-preferred-brand\"> </a></td><td>Non-preferred Brand</td><td>Brand name drugs that cost more than ‘brand’ drugs.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">zero-cost-share-preventative<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-zero-cost-share-preventative\"> </a></td><td>Zero cost-share preventative</td><td>Preventive medications and products available at no cost.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">medical-service<a name=\"usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE-medical-service\"> </a></td><td>Medical Service</td><td>Drugs that must be administered by a clinician or in a facility and may be covered under a medical benefit.</td></tr></table></div>"
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# - ontology header ------------------------------------------------------------

<http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE.ttl> a owl:Ontology ;
  owl:imports fhir:fhir.ttl ;
  owl:versionIRI <http://build.fhir.org/CodeSystem/usdf-DrugTierCS-TEMPORARY-TRIAL-USE.ttl> .