Dose syntax implementation guidance for FHIR STU3

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Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets, 2 tablets every 6 hours an hour before food or on an empty stomach, oral

Product -based prescription (VMP) using free text additional instruction.

Complex because “on an empty stomach” is not a coded SNOMED-CT code nor in a FHIR value-set.

To avoid confusion with a coded “before food”, the complete instruction “an hour before food or on an empty stomach” is conveyed as free-text within additionalInstruction.

<MedicationRequest xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="5dcc8ffd-9838-45ed-8d31-fd20026fde4b" />
    <contained>
        <Medication>
            <id value="med1" />
            <code>
                <coding>
                    <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
                    <code value="323416001" />
                    <display value="Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets" />
                </coding>
            </code>
        </Medication>
    </contained>
    <status value="active" />
    <intent value="order" />
    <medicationReference>
        <reference value="#med1" />
    </medicationReference>
    <subject>
        <identifier>
            <system value="https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number" />
            <value value="9999999999" />
        </identifier>
    </subject>
    <dosageInstruction>
        <additionalInstruction>
            <text value="an hour before food or on an empty stomach" />
        </additionalInstruction>
        <timing>
            <repeat>
                <frequency value="1" />
                <period value="6" />
                <periodUnit value="h" />
                <when value="AC" />
                <offset value="60" />
            </repeat>
        </timing>
        <route>
            <coding>
                <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
                <code value="26643006" />
                <display value="oral" />
            </coding>
        </route>
        <doseQuantity>
            <value value="2" />
            <unit value="tablet" />
            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct" />
            <code value="428673006" />
        </doseQuantity>
    </dosageInstruction>
</MedicationRequest>

{
    "resourceType": "MedicationRequest",
    "id": "5dcc8ffd-9838-45ed-8d31-fd20026fde4b",
    "contained":  [
        {
            "resourceType": "Medication",
            "id": "med1",
            "code": {
                "coding":  [
                    {
                        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                        "code": "323416001",
                        "display": "Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "intent": "order",
    "medicationReference": {
        "reference": "#med1"
    },
    "subject": {
        "identifier": {
            "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number",
            "value": "9999999999"
        }
    },
    "dosageInstruction":  [
        {
            "additionalInstruction":  [
                {
                    "text": "an hour before food or on an empty stomach"
                }
            ],
            "timing": {
                "repeat": {
                    "frequency": 1,
                    "period": 6,
                    "periodUnit": "h",
                    "when":  [
                        "AC"
                    ],
                    "offset": 60
                }
            },
            "route": {
                "coding":  [
                    {
                        "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                        "code": "26643006",
                        "display": "oral"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "doseQuantity": {
                "value": 2,
                "unit": "tablet",
                "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                "code": "428673006"
            }
        }
    ]
}
MedicationRequest.id[0]5dcc8ffd-9838-45ed-8d31-fd20026fde4b
MedicationRequest.contained[0].id[0]med1
MedicationRequest.contained[0].code[0].coding[0].system[0]http://snomed.info/sct
MedicationRequest.contained[0].code[0].coding[0].code[0]323416001
MedicationRequest.contained[0].code[0].coding[0].display[0]Phenoxymethylpenicillin 250mg tablets
MedicationRequest.status[0]active
MedicationRequest.intent[0]order
MedicationRequest.medication[0].reference[0]#med1
MedicationRequest.subject[0].identifier[0].system[0]https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/nhs-number
MedicationRequest.subject[0].identifier[0].value[0]9999999999
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].additionalInstruction[0].text[0]an hour before food or on an empty stomach
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].timing[0].repeat[0].frequency[0]1
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].timing[0].repeat[0].period[0]6
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].timing[0].repeat[0].periodUnit[0]h
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].timing[0].repeat[0].when[0]AC
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].timing[0].repeat[0].offset[0]60
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].route[0].coding[0].system[0]http://snomed.info/sct
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].route[0].coding[0].code[0]26643006
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].route[0].coding[0].display[0]oral
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].dose[0].value[0]2
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].dose[0].unit[0]tablet
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].dose[0].system[0]http://snomed.info/sct
MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction[0].dose[0].code[0]428673006
MedicationRequest
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