SAP ABAP Data Element N1ME_MEDGROUP (Drug Category)

Hierarchy

☛ IS-H (Software Component) SAP Healthcare
   ⤷ IS-HMED (Application Component) Clinical System
     ⤷ NMED_ME (Package) IS-H*MED: Medication

Basic Data

Data Element	N1ME_MEDGROUP
Short Description	Drug Category

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type		Direct Type Entry
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	10
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	10
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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No Input History	☐
Basic direction is set to LTR	☐
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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Drug Catg.
Medium	14	Drug Category
Long	20	Drug Category
Heading	4	DrgC

Documentation

Definition

A medication group is a drug in the formulary which consists of a mixture of other drugs. The drugs, which are the ingredients of the medication group, are also listed as entries in the formulary.

An entry in the formulary can also represent an individual drug or a medication group. There are different types of medication groups.

Use

Dependencies

Example

Types of medication groups:

• Unchangeable infusion solution
• Changeable infusion solution
• Intravenous TPN
• Dilution
• Compounded drug
• Improvised compound

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20050409
SAP Release Created in	472