Medication Characteristic Type

{
  "description" : "Example codes for the kind of characteristic being described about a medication (physical properties, storage requirements, other observable or defining traits). Adapted from concepts previously carried by MedicationKnowledge.drugCharacteristic.type; provided as an illustrative set. These are just a demonstrative set of values, to depict the intended usage.",
  "date" : "2026-04-13",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Pharmacy",
  "jurisdiction" : [ {
    "coding" : [ {
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      "code" : "001"
    } ]
  } ],
  "content" : "complete",
  "property" : null,
  "name" : "MedicationCharacteristicType",
  "experimental" : false,
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "title" : "Medication Characteristic Type",
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    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"
  }, {
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    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
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      "valueInteger" : 10
    } ],
    "url" : "http://health-samurai.io/extensions/excised-data"
  }, {
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  "status" : "draft",
  "id" : "medication-characteristic-type",
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-characteristic-type",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "version" : "5.3.0",
  "contact" : [ {
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      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/medication"
    } ]
  } ],
  "text" : {
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem medication-characteristic-type</b></p><a name=\"medication-characteristic-type\"> </a><a name=\"hcmedication-characteristic-type\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-characteristic-type</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">imprint<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-imprint\"> </a></td><td>Imprint</td><td>Identifying marks on the product (e.g., letters or numbers stamped on a tablet).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">size<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-size\"> </a></td><td>Size</td><td>Description of the size of the product (e.g., diameter or length of a tablet or capsule).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">shape<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-shape\"> </a></td><td>Shape</td><td>Description of the shape of the product (e.g., round, oval, triangular).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">color<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-color\"> </a></td><td>Colour</td><td>Description of the colour of the product.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">coating<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-coating\"> </a></td><td>Coating</td><td>Description of the coating of the product (e.g., sugar-coated, film-coated, enteric-coated).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">scoring<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-scoring\"> </a></td><td>Scoring</td><td>Description of the scoring of the product (e.g., single score, cross score, unscored).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">logo<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-logo\"> </a></td><td>Logo</td><td>Description of the logo appearing on the product.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">image<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-image\"> </a></td><td>Image</td><td>A visual image of the product.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">storage-temperature<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-storage-temperature\"> </a></td><td>Storage Temperature</td><td>Recommended or required storage temperature for the medication.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">storage-humidity<a name=\"medication-characteristic-type-storage-humidity\"> </a></td><td>Storage Humidity</td><td>Recommended or required storage humidity conditions for the medication.</td></tr></table></div>",
    "status" : "generated"
  }
}