Medication
1.1.0 - STU

Medication, published by eHealth Platform. 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-be/medication/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## ValueSet: Medication exposure intent

Official URL: https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/terminology/ValueSet/BeMedicationExposureIntentVS | Version: 1.1.0
Active as of 2026-03-25 | Computable Name: BeMedicationExposureIntentVS
Copyright/Legal: This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement

The exposure purpose of a medication - whether the medication is given for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.

References

- BeMedicationExposureCategory
- BeMedicationExposureCategory
- Medication Line (model)
- Medication Line (model)

### Logical Definition (CLD)

- Include these codes as defined in `http://snomed.info/sct` version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)

  Code | Display
  360271000 | Prophylaxis
  360270004 | Therapy - action

### Expansion

Expansion from tx.fhir.org based on SNOMED CT International edition 01-Feb 2025

This value set contains 2 concepts

System | Code | Display (en) | JSON | XML
`http://snomed.info/sct` | 360271000 | Prophylaxis - intent |  |
`http://snomed.info/sct` | 360270004 | Therapy - action |  |

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies
System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance)
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code