January Release - 01/03/2011

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2010AB 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	12/12/2010
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	12/01/2010
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	12/01/2010
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	12/06/2010
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	12/01/2010
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	12/27/2010
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	12/08/2010
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	01/03/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	11/30/2010

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/30/2010
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	304
Active BPCK forms	385
Active SCD forms	19,763
Active SBD forms	16,149
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,595
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,940
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,545
Active RXNORM BN atoms	14,582
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	43
Obsolete BPCK forms	15
Obsolete SCD forms	13,032
Obsolete SBD forms	4,086
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	272,200
Source-asserted NDC codes	606,100
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	356,258
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	304,390
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	304,390

Last Reviewed: January 3, 2011