March Release - 03/07/2011

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	02/08/2011
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	02/02/2011
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	02/01/2011
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	02/07/2011
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	02/01/2011
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	02/25/2011
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	02/16/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	03/07/2011
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	01/31/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	02/03/2011

 

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

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	302
Active BPCK forms	385
Active SCD forms	19,155
Active SBD forms	16,571
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,624
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,947
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,548
Active RXNORM BN atoms	14,978
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	54
Obsolete BPCK forms	25
Obsolete SCD forms	13,869
Obsolete SBD forms	4,034
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	276,777
Source-asserted NDC codes	786,135
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	424,719
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	229,521
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	229,521

Last Reviewed: March 7, 2011