3.20.6 Extension: Medication Strength Description - Detailed Descriptions
Definitions for the ext-medication-strength-description Extension
| Extension | |
| Definition | Provides a textual description of the strength of the active ingredient(s) in the medication |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Must Support | true |
| Comments | Conformance Rule: This field will be required when prescribing at the Representative DIN or CCDD-TM levels. Otherwise, it is expected that the strength will be conveyed as part of the drug name (Medication.code.text). |
| Max Length | 0 |
| Extension.id | |
| Definition | unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | id |
| Max Length | 0 |
| Extension.extension | |
| Definition | An Extension |
| Control | 0..0 |
| Type | Extension |
| Max Length | 0 |
| Extension.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Must Support | true |
| Comments | Fixed value: http://prescribeit.ca/fhir/StructureDefinition/ext-medication-strength-description |
| Max Length | 0 |
| Fixed Value | http://prescribeit.ca/fhir/StructureDefinition/ext-medication-strength-description |
| Extension.valueString | |
| Definition | Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Must Support | true |
| Comments | Conformance Rule: The description must contain the strength and unit of measure. |
| Max Length | 0 |