US Core MedicationRequest Profile (US Core 6.1.0)
US Core MedicationRequest Profile is a US Core 6.1.0 profile on the FHIR R4 MedicationRequest resource. It marks 17 elements as must-support; the rows below list each constrained element's cardinality and binding strength.
| Profile | us-core-medicationrequest |
|---|---|
| Implementation Guide | US Core 6.1.0 |
| Base resource | MedicationRequest |
| Canonical URL | http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-medicationrequest |
| Must-support elements | 17 |
| Constrained elements with bindings | 6 |
| MedicationRequest.status | 1..1, must support, binding: required |
| MedicationRequest.intent | 1..1, must support, binding: required |
| MedicationRequest.category | 0..*, must support, binding: example |
| MedicationRequest.reported[x] | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.medication[x] | 1..1, must support, binding: extensible |
| MedicationRequest.subject | 1..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.encounter | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.authoredOn | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.requester | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction | 0..*, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.text | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.timing | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate | 0..*, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.dose[x] | 0..1, must support, binding: preferred |
| MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.numberOfRepeatsAllowed | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.dispenseRequest.quantity | 0..1, must support |
| MedicationRequest.substitution.allowed[x] | 1..1, binding: example |
Example
pidgeon data install fhir-us-core-6.0
pidgeon conform --endpoint https://your-fhir-base/fhir --ig us-core-6.0 --ciThe conform run walks the live endpoint and grades sampled resources against the installed US Core profiles. A failed report exits non-zero; --ci also fails the run on must-support gaps (MUSTSUPPORT-*) and stub-profile fallbacks (CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE).
Validation context
- strict Profile validation grades an instance against this profile's snapshot: cardinality findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY and terminology binding findings carry FHIR-PROFILE-BINDING.(FHIR-PROFILE-CARDINALITY)
- strict Under pidgeon conform --ci, a sampled resource missing one of this profile's must-support elements fails the run with a MUSTSUPPORT-<element> rule id.
- strict If the fhir-us-core-6.0 package is not installed, validation falls back to an embedded subset stub and the report is flagged CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE; under --ci that warning fails the run.(CONFORM_STUB_PROFILE)
This answer, in your terminal
pidgeon conform --endpoint https://your-fhir-base/fhir --ig us-core-6.0 --ciWire it into your AI agent:
claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcpDownload Post free to browse this reference with generation attached.