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AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="ahfs"/>
  <text>
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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><h2>AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification</h2><div><p><strong>Description:</strong> The AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification has been in use in hospitals in the United States since its inception in 1959. An integral part of the American Hospital Formulary Service, the AHFS classification allows the grouping of drugs with similar pharmacologic, therapeutic, and/or chemical characteristics. Today, the AHFS classification is used by many people outside of hospitals.</p>
</div><p>This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ahfs defines many codes, but they are not represented here</p></div>
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  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.6.234"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="2.0.0"/>
  <name value="Ahfs"/>
  <title value="AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="TBD - External Body"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="American Society of Health-System Pharmacists"/>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="**Description:** The AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification has been in use in hospitals in the United States since its inception in 1959. An integral part of the American Hospital Formulary Service, the AHFS classification allows the grouping of drugs with similar pharmacologic, therapeutic, and/or chemical characteristics. Today, the AHFS classification is used by many people outside of hospitals."/>
  <content value="not-present"/>
</CodeSystem>