See individual subset pages for details
About the ePrescribing Subsets
The pan-canadian e-PrescribingImplementation of the e-Prescribing subsets will allow the community based prescribers (such as physicians and nurse practitioners), either through their existing electronic medical records (EMR) or standalone applications, to enable the electronic transmission of prescriptions to community retail pharmacies.
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ICD-10-CA
The Indication for Use subset uses the ICD-10-CA code system which must be appropriately licensed from CIHI before implementation and use. More information about Licening can be found on InfoCentral.
HL7 Subsets
The description field in the HL7 subsets is optional. It was left empty where it did not add to the understanding of the concept definition.
Pre-Adopting Codes
Pre-adoption is defined as implementing a new code before it is official released in the next version of the reference terminology.
Pre-adoption codes can be found in the following subsets:
- CancelPrescription-CancelRejectReason (HL7 V3 ActReason)
- Formulary-Coverage (HL7 v3 ActCode)
- Medication-CompoundDrugForm (SNOMED CT CA Extension)
- Prescription-AdministrationSite (SNOMED CT CA Extension)
- Prescription-AuthorizationType (SNOMED CT CA Extension)