# MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ - HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide v3.1.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ**

## Resource Profile: MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/NzMedicationStatement | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-03-08 | *Computable Name*:NzMedicationStatement |

 
MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ 

**Usages:**

* This Profile is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/fhir.org.nz.ig.base|current/StructureDefinition/NzMedicationStatement)

### 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-NzMedicationStatement.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-NzMedicationStatement.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-NzMedicationStatement.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "NzMedicationStatement",
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/NzMedicationStatement",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "NzMedicationStatement",
  "title" : "MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-03-08T04:41:56+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 New Zealand",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 New Zealand",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "mailto:admin@hl7.org.nz"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "MedicationStatement resource for use in NZ",
  "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.extension",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.extension:nzeps-long-term-medication",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
      "sliceName" : "nzeps-long-term-medication",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org.nz/fhir/StructureDefinition/nzeps-long-term-medication"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "type",
          "path" : "$this"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]:medicationCodeableConcept",
      "path" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
      "sliceName" : "medicationCodeableConcept",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://nzmt.org.nz/vs"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
