# MedicationStatement (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0

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* **MedicationStatement (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: MedicationStatement (EU core) 

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| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medicationStatement-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:MedicationStatementEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the MedicationStatement resource that apply across multiple use cases. 

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [MedicationStatement/example-medicationstatement-eucore](MedicationStatement-example-medicationstatement-eucore.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.base|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-medicationStatement-eu-core.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-medicationStatement-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-medicationStatement-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-medicationStatement-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "medicationStatement-eu-core",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medicationStatement-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "MedicationStatementEuCore",
  "title" : "MedicationStatement (EU core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-08-31T14:10:19+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the MedicationStatement resource that apply across multiple use cases.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "MedicationStatement",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MedicationStatement",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "MedicationStatement",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.language",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.language",
      "short" : "Language of the statement"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.extension:adherence",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
      "sliceName" : "adherence",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-MedicationStatement.adherence"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.extension:adherence.extension:code",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension.extension",
      "sliceName" : "code",
      "short" : "Type of adherence."
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.identifier",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.identifier",
      "short" : "Medication Statement Identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.status",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.status",
      "short" : "State of the medication"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.statusReason",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.statusReason",
      "short" : "Reason for the 'exception' statuses of the medication"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.category",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.category",
      "short" : "Type of intended use",
      "binding" : {
        "extension" : [{
          "extension" : [{
            "url" : "purpose",
            "valueCode" : "preferred"
          },
          {
            "url" : "valueSet",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/ValueSet/medicationIntendedUse-eu"
          },
          {
            "url" : "documentation",
            "valueMarkdown" : "When category is used for describing the intended use of the medication (e.g. Prophylactic use)."
          }],
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/additional-binding"
        }],
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "description" : "A coded concept identifying where the medication included in the MedicationStatement is expected to be consumed or administered.",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medication-statement-category"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      },
      {
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medication-eu-core"]
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "example",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ValueSet/medication-uv-ips"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.subject",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Group"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "type",
          "path" : "$this"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]:effectivePeriod",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
      "sliceName" : "effectivePeriod",
      "short" : "Period when the medication is/was or should be used.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Period"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.informationSource",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.informationSource",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitioner-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitionerRole-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.derivedFrom",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.derivedFrom",
      "short" : "The reference to the source of the statement"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.reasonCode",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.reasonCode",
      "short" : "Coded reason for use"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.note.text",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.note.text",
      "short" : "Textual note about the statement"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage",
      "short" : "Details of how medication is/was taken or should be taken."
    }]
  }
}

```
