Additional product information from central pharmaceutical database can be obtained using these requests.

Alternative Products with rebate contracts

For a given product this requests returns a set of alternative products with similar ingredients and subject to a rebate contract with the given payer. These rebate products are preferred to be dispensed.

Rebate contract request
{{baseURL}}/{{tenant}}/MedicationSearch?action=rebate&ik=<IK ID>&pzn=<PZN>
  • IK of the payer, as each payer will have its own rebate contracts
  • PZN of the product to find rebate alternatives


Example of a rebate request
<Bundle>
    <total value="1"/>
    <entry>
        <fullUrl value="https://redmedical.de//Medication/UHFoZV2gmy1jktrA0v5JL2cVtdkBjDWs"/>
        <resource>
            <Medication xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
                <id value="UHFoZV2gmy1jktrA0v5JL2cVtdkBjDWs"/>
                <meta>
                    <profile value="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/KBV_PR_ERP_Medication_PZN|1.1.0"/>
                </meta>
                <extension url="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/KBV_EX_ERP_Medication_Category">
                    <valueCoding>
                        <system value="https://fhir.kbv.de/CodeSystem/KBV_CS_ERP_Medication_Category"/>
                        <code value="00"/>
                    </valueCoding>
                </extension>
                <extension url="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/KBV_EX_Base_Medication_Type">
                    <valueCodeableConcept>
                        <coding>
                            <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
                            <version value="http://snomed.info/sct/900000000000207008/version/20220331"/>
                            <code value="763158003"/>
                            <display value="Medicinal product (product)"/>
                        </coding>
                    </valueCodeableConcept>
                </extension>
                <extension url="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/KBV_EX_ERP_Medication_Vaccine">
                    <valueBoolean value="false"/>
                </extension>
                <extension url="http://fhir.de/StructureDefinition/normgroesse">
                    <valueCode value="N3"/>
                </extension>
                <code>
                    <coding>
                        <system value="http://fhir.de/CodeSystem/ifa/pzn"/>
                        <code value="05542295"/>
                    </coding>
                    <text value="Metformin Atid 1000mg"/>
                </code>
                <form>
                    <coding>
                        <system value="https://fhir.kbv.de/CodeSystem/KBV_CS_SFHIR_KBV_DARREICHUNGSFORM"/>
                        <code value="FTA"/>
                    </coding>
                </form>
                <amount>
                    <numerator>
                        <extension url="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/KBV_EX_ERP_Medication_PackagingSize">
                            <valueString value="180"/>
                        </extension>
                        <unit value="St"/>
                    </numerator>
                    <denominator>
                        <value value="1"/>
                    </denominator>
                </amount>
				<package>
                    <extension url="https://fhir.kbv.de/StructureDefinition/74_EX_VoS_AVP">
                        <valueMoney>
                            <value value="18.23"/>
                            <unit value="EUR"/>
                            <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:4217"/>
                            <code value="EUR"/>
                        </valueMoney>
                    </extension>
                </package>
            </Medication>
        </resource>
    </entry>
</Bundle>


Alternative Products with lower prices

For a given product this requests returns a set of alternative products with lower prices. These cheaper products are preferred to be dispensed.

Rebate contract request
{{baseURL}}/{{tenant}}/MedicationSearch?action=pricecomp&ik=<IK ID>&pzn=<PZN>
  • IK of the payer, as each payer will have its own rebate contracts
  • PZN of the product to find rebate alternatives


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