Guidance for populating and consuming the Medication resource

Introduction

The headings below list the elements of the Medication resource and describe how to populate and consume them.

Medication elements

id

Data type: Id Optionality: Mandatory Cardinality: 1..1

The logical identifier of the Medication resource.

meta.profile

Data type: uri Optionality: Mandatory Cardinality: 1..1

The Medication profile URL.

Fixed value https://fhir.nhs.uk/STU3/StructureDefinition/CareConnect-GPC-Medication-1

code

Data type: CodeableConcept Optionality: Mandatory Cardinality: 1..1

The code that identifies the medication.

A SNOMED dm+d code MUST be supplied, if available.

Medication elements not in use

The following elements SHALL NOT be populated:

meta.versionId

Data type: Id

meta.lastUpdated

Data type: Instant

package

Data type: BackboneElement

Also do not populate any subelements of package.