Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD)
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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/115/merge and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: Medication - Characteristic

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic | Version: 1.0.0-comment-3
Active as of 2026-04-23 | Computable Name: MedicationCharacteristic
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Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `Medication`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: IHE Medication

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

- Differential Table
- Snapshot Table
- Statistics/References
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This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Characteristic
extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension
Slices for extension |  |  |  | Content/Rules for all slices
extension:type |  | 1..1 | Extension | Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "type"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
extension:value |  | 0..1 | Extension | Descriptive value of the characteristic
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "value"
value[x] |  | 0..1 |  | Value of extension
valueBoolean |  |  | boolean |
valueDateTime |  |  | dateTime |
valueDecimal |  |  | decimal |
valueInteger |  |  | integer |
valueString |  |  | string |
valueCodeableConcept |  |  | CodeableConcept |
valueQuantity |  |  | Quantity |
valueRatio |  |  | Ratio |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"
value[x] |  | 0..0 |  | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Characteristic
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Slices for extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
extension:type |  | 1..1 | Extension | Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "type"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
extension:value |  | 0..1 | Extension | Descriptive value of the characteristic
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "value"
value[x] |  | 0..1 |  | Value of extension
valueBoolean |  |  | boolean |
valueDateTime |  |  | dateTime |
valueDecimal |  |  | decimal |
valueInteger |  |  | integer |
valueString |  |  | string |
valueCodeableConcept |  |  | CodeableConcept |
valueQuantity |  |  | Quantity |
valueRatio |  |  | Ratio |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

- type: CodeableConcept: An Extension
- value: boolean, dateTime, decimal, integer, string, CodeableConcept, Quantity, Ratio: An Extension

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Characteristic
extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension
Slices for extension |  |  |  | Content/Rules for all slices
extension:type |  | 1..1 | Extension | Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "type"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
extension:value |  | 0..1 | Extension | Descriptive value of the characteristic
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "value"
value[x] |  | 0..1 |  | Value of extension
valueBoolean |  |  | boolean |
valueDateTime |  |  | dateTime |
valueDecimal |  |  | decimal |
valueInteger |  |  | integer |
valueString |  |  | string |
valueCodeableConcept |  |  | CodeableConcept |
valueQuantity |  |  | Quantity |
valueRatio |  |  | Ratio |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"
value[x] |  | 0..0 |  | Value of extension
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Characteristic
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
Slices for extension |  | 1..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
extension:type |  | 1..1 | Extension | Code specifying the type of characteristic of medication
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "type"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: MedicationKnowledgeCharacteristicCodes (example)
extension:value |  | 0..1 | Extension | Descriptive value of the characteristic
id |  | 0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "value"
value[x] |  | 0..1 |  | Value of extension
valueBoolean |  |  | boolean |
valueDateTime |  |  | dateTime |
valueDecimal |  |  | decimal |
valueInteger |  |  | integer |
valueString |  |  | string |
valueCodeableConcept |  |  | CodeableConcept |
valueQuantity |  |  | Quantity |
valueRatio |  |  | Ratio |
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-characteristic"
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Complex Extension: Any characteristic of the medicinal product prescribed or dispensed (for example, price, textual package description, special program information, etc)

- type: CodeableConcept: An Extension
- value: boolean, dateTime, decimal, integer, string, CodeableConcept, Quantity, Ratio: An Extension

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.extension:type.​value[x] | Base | example | medicationKnowledge Characteristic Codes | 📦5.0.0 | FHIR Std.

#### Constraints

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())`
ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | `extension.exists() != value.exists()`