HL7 Terminology
2.1.0 - Publication

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CodeSystem: AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification

Summary

Defining URL:http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ahfs
Version:2.0.0
Name:Ahfs
Title:AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification
Status:Active as of 2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Definition:

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.

Publisher:TBD - External Body
Content:Not Present: None of the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.6.234 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source Resource:XML / JSON / Turtle

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This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ahfs defines many codes, but they are not represented here