Dose Form Administration Method

Overview

The dose form administration method represents a general type of method of administration (e.g. apply, chew, spray, swallow) that a dose form is designed to be administered by (e.g. a chewable tablet is formulated to be administered by chewing). To support fully defining concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy, a hierarchy representing dose form administration method is required.

Concepts in the 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy will be used to model concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; they will not be used to model concepts in the 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchy.

The 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value)|.

Modeling

Parent concept	736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)
Semantic tag	(administration method)
Definition status	Defined
Attributes	None

Naming

FSN

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the administration method and is in the form of an imperative:

X (administration method)

For example,

• Administer (administration method)

• Apply (administration method)

• Instill (administration method)

• Spray (administration method)

• Swallow (administration method)

Preferred Term

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the administration method:

X

For example,

• Administer

• Apply

• Instill

• Spray

• Swallow

Synonym

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Text Definitions

Preferred; not required.

Exemplars

Stated and Inferred view for 738992009 |Chew (administration method)|

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