HL7 Terminology (THO)
5.0.0 - Publication
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Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ahfs | Version: | |||
Retired as of 2021-11-09 | Responsible: ASHSP | Computable Name: Ahfs |
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.
Defining URL | http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/ahfs |
Name | Ahfs |
Status | retired |
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 | ASHSP |
Type | Value | Preferred |
OID | 2.16.840.1.113883.6.234 | true |
URI | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ahfs | true |
History
Date | Action | Author | Custodian | Comment |
2021-11-09 | revise | Reuben Daniels | HTA | Code System Identification Record being retired;UP-251 |
2020-06-12 | revise | Ted Klein | Vocabulary WG | Fixed title extension URL to be consistent with latest Publisher |