# Medication: Package type - HL7 Europe Extensions v1.3.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Medication: Package type**

## Extension: Medication: Package type 

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| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-package-type | *Version*:1.3.0 |
| Active as of 2026-03-27 | *Computable Name*:MedicationPackageType |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under Creative Commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | |

This extension applies to Medication and expresses the type of the container for the product (e.g. bottle, unit-dose blister, pre-filled pen).

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Extension: [Medication/04A-FirmagonBranded](Medication-04A-FirmagonBranded.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.extensions|current/StructureDefinition/medication-package-type)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-medication-package-type.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-medication-package-type.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-medication-package-type.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "medication-package-type",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics",
    "valueCode" : "can-bind"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-package-type",
  "version" : "1.3.0",
  "name" : "MedicationPackageType",
  "title" : "Medication: Package type",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-03-27T19:47:05+01:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This extension applies to Medication and expresses the type of the container for the product (e.g. bottle, unit-dose blister, pre-filled pen).",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under Creative Commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "Medication"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Medication: Package type",
      "definition" : "This extension applies to Medication and expresses the type of the container for the product (e.g. bottle, unit-dose blister, pre-filled pen)."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/StructureDefinition/medication-package-type"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Type of container, e.g pre-filled syringe, unit-dose blister, sachet, etc.",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "example",
        "valueSet" : "http://terminology.ehdsi.eu/ValueSet/eHDSIPackage"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
