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: Medication Type

Active as of 2026-06-19

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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="HL7-AU-medication-type"/>
  <language value="en"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: NamingSystem HL7-AU-medication-type</b></p><a name="HL7-AU-medication-type"> </a><a name="hcHL7-AU-medication-type"> </a><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/HL7-AU-medication-type</td></tr><tr><td>Version</td><td>1.0.0</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>HL7AUMedicationType</td></tr><tr><td>Title</td><td>Medication Type</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>The Medication Type code system defines concepts in a classification scheme for medication coding. The classification scheme defines the nature of the properties defined by the code e.g. branded product with no strength or form. This allows the distinction between codes provided containing container, pack, strength and form explicitly especially where terminologies supplied are unknown or terminology services are unavailable.</p>
</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>HL7 Australia</td></tr><tr><td>Copyright</td><td><div><p>HL7 Australia Intellectual Property Policy: http://hl7.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HL7A_IP_Policy_v1.00a_20240429_as_delivered.pdf</p>
</div></td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td></tr><tr><td>OID</td><td>2.16.840.1.113883.2.3.4.1.4.1</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/medication-type</td><td>true</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <url
       value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/HL7-AU-medication-type"/>
  <version value="1.0.0"/>
  <name value="HL7AUMedicationType"/>
  <title value="Medication Type"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="codesystem"/>
  <date value="2026-06-19T00:00:00+10:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 Australia"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 Australia"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://hl7.com.au/"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="secretary@hl7.com.au"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="HL7 Australia"/>
  <description
               value="The Medication Type code system defines concepts in a classification scheme for medication coding. The classification scheme defines the nature of the properties defined by the code e.g. branded product with no strength or form. This allows the distinction between codes provided containing container, pack, strength and form explicitly especially where terminologies supplied are unknown or terminology services are unavailable."/>
  <copyright
             value="HL7 Australia Intellectual Property Policy: http://hl7.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/HL7A_IP_Policy_v1.00a_20240429_as_delivered.pdf"/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid"/>
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.2.3.4.1.4.1"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/medication-type"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>