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ValueSet: Medication request category codes

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/medicationrequest-category Version: 2.0.0
Active as of 2026-03-05 Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: MedicationRequestCategoryCodes
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1322

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MedicationRequest Category Codes

References

Logical Definition (CLD)

Last updated: 2020-02-24 12:41:39+1100

Profile: Shareable ValueSet

 

Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem MedicationRequest Category Codes v2.0.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 4 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category  inpatientInpatientIncludes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category  outpatientOutpatientIncludes requests for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category  communityCommunityIncludes requests for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.)
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/medicationrequest-category  dischargeDischargeIncludes requests for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility

Description of the above table(s).

History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2026-03-05reviseMarc DuteauTSMGSet a bunch of draft code systems to active; up-784
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-10-14reviseGrahame GrieveVocabulary WGReset Version after migration to UTG
2020-05-07reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGformat of name element edited for correctness in v4.1.1 (UTG Initial Release prep)
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.