June Release - 06/06/2011

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2011AA 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	04/28/2011
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	05/04/2011
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	05/01/2011
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	04/25/2011
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	02/14/2011
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	05/02/2011
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	05/27/2011
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	05/04/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	06/06/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	05/02/2011

 

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	01/31/2011

 

Data Changes

This release of RxNorm contains Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) unique identifiers consistent with the 2011AA UMLS release files.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	312
Active BPCK forms	384
Active SCD forms	19,377
Active SBD forms	16,688
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,658
Active RXNORM IN atoms	4,972
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,556
Active RXNORM BN atoms	15,131
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	64
Obsolete BPCK forms	41
Obsolete SCD forms	13,868
Obsolete SBD forms	4,003
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	279,736
Source-asserted NDC codes	802,371
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	431,704
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	234,530
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	234,530

Last Reviewed: June 6, 2011