October Release - 10/04/2010

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2010AA UMLS Metathesaurus release. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm Documentation.

Sources

The following sources have been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Gold Standard Alchemy	GS	09/06/2010
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	09/01/2010
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	09/01/2010
Micromedex DRUGDEX	MMX	09/07/2010
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	09/01/2010
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	09/27/2010
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	09/03/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	10/04/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	08/26/2010

The following sources have not been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/17/2009
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	07/31/2010

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	287
Active BPCK forms	372
Active SCD forms	19,102
Active SBD forms	15,622
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,561
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,942
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,537
Active RXNORM BN atoms	14,107
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	45
Obsolete BPCK forms	12
Obsolete SCD forms	13,105
Obsolete SBD forms	4,113
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	55
OCD atoms	265,041
Source-asserted NDC codes	577,585
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	345,707
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	294,867
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	294,867

Last Reviewed: October 4, 2010