November Release - 11/04/2013

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	10/18/2013
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	10/23/2013
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	10/01/2013
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	10/14/2013
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	10/26/2013
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	10/16/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	11/04/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	09/27/2013

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2013
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	01/21/2013
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	07/31/2013

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	333
Active BPCK forms	410
Active SCD forms	20,124
Active SBD forms	10,565
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,861
Active RXNORM IN atoms	9,339
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	2,192
Active RXNORM BN atoms	6,621
Active RXNORM DF atoms	104
Obsolete GPCK forms	123
Obsolete BPCK forms	104
Obsolete SCD forms	13,864
Obsolete SBD forms	10,238
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	9,207
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	51
Editor-suppressed SCD forms	1,123
Editor-suppressed SBD forms	903
OCD atoms	313,094
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,262,466
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	567,251
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	192,832
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	192,832

Last Reviewed: November 4, 2013