May Release - 05/06/2013

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2013AA UMLS Metathesaurus release. For additional information about RxNorm releases, including scripts for loading the RxNorm data into Oracle and MySQL databases, read the RxNorm technical documentation.

Sources

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Gold Standard Drug Database	GS	04/04/2013
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	04/03/2013
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	04/01/2013
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	04/01/2013
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	01/21/2013
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	04/30/2013
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	04/10/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	05/06/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	03/29/2013

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	01/31/2013

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	328
Active BPCK forms	397
Active SCD forms	19,951
Active SBD forms	10,894
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,827
Active RXNORM IN atoms	8,511
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	2,052
Active RXNORM BN atoms	6,823
Active RXNORM DF atoms	104
Obsolete GPCK forms	114
Obsolete BPCK forms	92
Obsolete SCD forms	13,752
Obsolete SBD forms	9,556
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	8,699
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	51
Editor-suppressed SCD forms	1,080
Editor-suppressed SBD forms	898
OCD atoms	309,638
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,228,893
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	550,655
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	193,626
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	193,626

Last Reviewed: May 6, 2013