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 - Classification

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-classification | Version: 1.0.0-comment-3
Active as of 2026-04-23 | Computable Name: MedicationClassification
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Medication classification/category. Allows the product to be classified by various systems, e.g ATC, narcotic class, legal status of supply, 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
- Examples for this Extension: Medication/01A-Cefuroxime1500GenericExplicit, Medication/01C-Cefuroxime1500Branded, Medication/01D-Cefuroxime750Branded, Medication/02A-ClotrimazoleCanifugCremolum... Show 2 more, Medication/03B-VitaminBComplexBranded and Medication/04-FirmagonBranded

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.

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This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Classification
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ProductClassification (example)
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Classification
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-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ProductClassification (example)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Medication classification/category. Allows the product to be classified by various systems, e.g ATC, narcotic class, legal status of supply, etc..

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Classification
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "https://profiles.ihe.net/PHARM/MPD/StructureDefinition/ihe-ext-medication-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ProductClassification (example)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Medication - Classification
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-classification"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: ProductClassification (example)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Medication classification/category. Allows the product to be classified by various systems, e.g ATC, narcotic class, legal status of supply, etc..

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.value[x] | Base | example | Product Classification | 📦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()`