Global Core Electronic Medicinal Product Information (ePI)
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Global Core Electronic Medicinal Product Information (ePI), published by HL7 International / Biomedical Research and Regulation. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/emedicinal-product-info/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Group Characteristic Type Code System (ePI)

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="epi-group-characteristic-type"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem epi-group-characteristic-type</b></p><a name="epi-group-characteristic-type"> </a><a name="hcepi-group-characteristic-type"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/emedicinal-product-info/CodeSystem/epi-group-characteristic-type</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">sex<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-sex"> </a></td><td>Sex</td><td>Administrative/biological sex of the population.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">age<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-age"> </a></td><td>Age</td><td>Age of the population, expressed as a range.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">body-weight<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-body-weight"> </a></td><td>Body weight</td><td>Body weight of the population, expressed as a range.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">race<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-race"> </a></td><td>Race</td><td>Race / ethnic grouping of the population.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">lifestyle<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-lifestyle"> </a></td><td>Lifestyle</td><td>Relevant lifestyle factor (e.g., smoking status, pregnancy).</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">renal-function<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-renal-function"> </a></td><td>Renal function</td><td>Renal function of the population, typically expressed as a creatinine-clearance range.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">hepatic-function<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-hepatic-function"> </a></td><td>Hepatic function</td><td>Hepatic function / degree of hepatic impairment.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">immune-status<a name="epi-group-characteristic-type-immune-status"> </a></td><td>Immune status</td><td>Immune competence of the population (e.g., immunocompromised, chronic immune suppression).</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
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             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="brr"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="informative">
      <extension
                 url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom">
        <valueCanonical
                        value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/emedicinal-product-info/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.emedicinal-product-info"/>
      </extension>
    </valueCode>
  </extension>
  <url
       value="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/emedicinal-product-info/CodeSystem/epi-group-characteristic-type"/>
  <version value="1.1.0"/>
  <name value="GroupCharacteristicTypeCS"/>
  <title value="Group Characteristic Type Code System (ePI)"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <date value="2026-07-01T13:09:50+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Biomedical Research and Regulation"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International / Biomedical Research and Regulation"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/Special/committees/rcrim"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="The axis a population characteristic describes (e.g., sex, age, body weight, organ function), for use in Group definitions and in MedicationKnowledge dosing guidelines."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
      <display value="World"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="8"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="sex"/>
    <display value="Sex"/>
    <definition value="Administrative/biological sex of the population."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="age"/>
    <display value="Age"/>
    <definition value="Age of the population, expressed as a range."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="body-weight"/>
    <display value="Body weight"/>
    <definition value="Body weight of the population, expressed as a range."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="race"/>
    <display value="Race"/>
    <definition value="Race / ethnic grouping of the population."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="lifestyle"/>
    <display value="Lifestyle"/>
    <definition
                value="Relevant lifestyle factor (e.g., smoking status, pregnancy)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="renal-function"/>
    <display value="Renal function"/>
    <definition
                value="Renal function of the population, typically expressed as a creatinine-clearance range."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="hepatic-function"/>
    <display value="Hepatic function"/>
    <definition value="Hepatic function / degree of hepatic impairment."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="immune-status"/>
    <display value="Immune status"/>
    <definition
                value="Immune competence of the population (e.g., immunocompromised, chronic immune suppression)."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>