Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
1.0.0-comment-3 - ballot
Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
1.0.0-comment-3 - ballot
Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD), published by Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE). This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-comment-3 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/pharm-mpd/tree/113/merge and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
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| Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation | Version: 1.0.0-comment-3 | |||
| Active as of 2026-04-22 | Computable Name: MedicationUnitOfPresentation | |||
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Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Medication
Usage info
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..* | Extension | Medication - Unit of presentation | |
  extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation" | |
  value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: UnitOfPresentation (example) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Medication - Unit of presentation | |
 id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: UnitOfPresentation (example) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension.
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Medication - Unit of presentation | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: UnitOfPresentation (example) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Medication - Unit of presentation | |
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-unitofpresentation" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: UnitOfPresentation (example) | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Unit of presentation, typically describing the smallest countable package item (e.g tablet, vial, ampoule, etc). Unit of presentation is also often used in describing pack size and the denominator of strength. If the size of presentation unit is relevant, it should be described in sizeOfItem extension.
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| Extension.value[x] | Base | example | Unit Of Presentation | 📦5.0.0 | FHIR Std. |
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children |
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
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| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both |
extension.exists() != value.exists()
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