diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 119aa245..5022eda4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 .pytest_cache
 __pycache__
 .venv
+utilities/FASTA
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/common.py b/app/common.py
index 057aabb4..70303e92 100644
--- a/app/common.py
+++ b/app/common.py
@@ -730,11 +730,17 @@ def create_molecular_consequence_profile(molecular_consequence, subject, vids):
                                                                            "code": f"{feature_consequence['code']}",
                                                                            "display": f"{feature_consequence['display']}"}]}})
 
+    if 'functionalEffect' in molecular_consequence:
+        for functionalEffect in molecular_consequence["functionalEffect"]:
+            resource["component"].append({"code": {"coding": [{"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/genomics-reporting/CodeSystem/tbd-codes-cs",
+                                                               "code": "functional-effect",
+                                                               "display": "Functional Effect"}]},
+                                          "valueCodeableConcept": {"coding": [{"system": f"{functionalEffect['system']}",
+                                                                               "code": f"{functionalEffect['code']}",
+                                                                               "display": f"{functionalEffect['display']}"}]}})
+
     if 'impact' in molecular_consequence:
-        resource["component"].append({"code": {"coding": [{"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/genomics-reporting/CodeSystem/tbd-codes-cs",
-                                                           "code": "functional-effect",
-                                                           "display": "Functional Effect"}]},
-                                      "valueCodeableConcept": {"text": f"{molecular_consequence['impact']}"}})
+        resource["interpretation"] = [{"text": molecular_consequence['impact']}]
 
     return resource
 
diff --git a/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/1.json b/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/1.json
index fe076dee..03311da4 100644
--- a/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/1.json
+++ b/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/1.json
@@ -104,20 +104,11 @@
                                 }
                             ]
                         }
-                    },
+                    }
+                ],
+                "interpretation": [
                     {
-                        "code": {
-                            "coding": [
-                                {
-                                    "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/genomics-reporting/CodeSystem/tbd-codes-cs",
-                                    "code": "functional-effect",
-                                    "display": "Functional Effect"
-                                }
-                            ]
-                        },
-                        "valueCodeableConcept": {
-                            "text": "MODERATE"
-                        }
+                        "text": "MODERATE"
                     }
                 ]
             }
diff --git a/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/2.json b/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/2.json
index e974eab7..b31c93d6 100644
--- a/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/2.json
+++ b/tests/expected_outputs/find_subject_molecular_consequences/2.json
@@ -116,9 +116,20 @@
                             ]
                         },
                         "valueCodeableConcept": {
-                            "text": "HIGH"
+                            "coding": [
+                                {
+                                    "system": "http://sequenceontology.org",
+                                    "code": "SO:0002054",
+                                    "display": "loss_of_function_variant"
+                                }
+                            ]
                         }
                     }
+                ],
+                "interpretation": [
+                    {
+                        "text": "HIGH"
+                    }
                 ]
             }
         },