{
  "description": "Medication Dispense Category Codes \\n **Note to Balloters: This code system is expected to move to [terminology.hl7.org](http://terminology.hl7.org)**",
  "_filename": "CodeSystem-medicationdispense-category.json",
  "package_name": "hl7.fhir.r6.examples",
  "date": null,
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-07-17T17:22:54.721+10:00"
  },
  "publisher": "HL7 International",
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      "code": "001",
      "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "display": "World"
    } ]
  } ],
  "content": "complete",
  "name": "MedicationDispenseCategoryCodes",
  "type": null,
  "experimental": "false",
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "title": "Medication Dispense Category Codes",
  "package_version": "6.0.0-ballot5",
  "extension": [ {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode": "phx"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode": "informative"
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  "status": "active",
  "id": "714efc64-31e4-4d6c-8433-ba6bc91e130c",
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/medicationdispense-category",
  "kind": null,
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/medicationdispense-category",
  "identifier": [ {
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1806",
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
  } ],
  "concept": [ {
    "code": "inpatient",
    "display": "Inpatient",
    "definition": "Includes dispenses for medications to be administered or consumed in an inpatient or acute care setting."
  }, {
    "code": "outpatient",
    "display": "Outpatient",
    "definition": "Includes dispenses for medications to be administered or consumed in an outpatient setting (for example, Emergency Department, Outpatient Clinic, Outpatient Surgery, Doctor's office)."
  }, {
    "code": "community",
    "display": "Community",
    "definition": "Includes dispenses for medications to be administered or consumed by the patient in their home (this would include long term care or nursing homes, hospices, etc.)."
  }, {
    "code": "discharge",
    "display": "Discharge",
    "definition": "Includes dispenses for medications created when the patient is being released from a facility."
  } ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "version": "6.0.0-ballot5"
}