Pharmaceutical Dose Form Grouper Based on Intended Site
This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.
Overview
Pharmaceutical dose form grouper concepts based on intended site of use for the dose form that are deemed to be clinically useful, or which provide a helpful organizing grouper, and that can be sufficiently defined, may be included in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy.
These concepts are used in modeling (medicinal product form) concepts in the International Release; they are not allowed to model (clinical drug) concepts in the International Release.
Modeling
Pharmaceutical dose form grouper concepts based on intended site shall be modeled using the proximal primitive modeling pattern.
Parent concept
736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)
Semantic tag
(dose form)
Definition status
Defined
Attribute:
Has dose form intended site
Range: << 736479009
Naming
FSN
Use the following pattern for the FSN; align naming and case sensitivity with the FSN for the concept that is selected as the attribute value. For multiple intended sites, the intended sites must be in alphabetical order and separated by the word “and”.
<Dose form intended site FSN> dose form (dose form)
<Dose form intended site FSN> and <Dose form intended site FSN> dose form (dose form)
For example,
Conventional release cutaneous dose form (dose form)
Conventional release oral dose form (dose form)
Conventional release parenteral dose form (dose form)
Conventional release ear and eye and nose drops (dose form)
Conventional release ear and eye drops (dose form)
Preferred Term
Use the following pattern for the PT; align naming and case sensitivity with the PT for the concept that is selected as the attribute value. For multiple intended sites, the intended sites must be in alphabetical order and separated by the word “and”.
<Dose form intended site PT> dose form (dose form)
<Dose form intended site PT> and <Dose form intended site PT> dose form (dose form)
For example,
Cutaneous dose form
Oral dose form
Parenteral dose form
Ear and eye and nose drops
Ear and eye drops
Synonym
Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.
Text Definition
Optional
Exemplar
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