February Release - 02/03/2014

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2013AB 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
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2014
Gold Standard Drug Database	GS	01/06/2014
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	01/01/2014
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	01/02/2014
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	01/06/2014
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	01/27/2014
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	01/08/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	02/03/2014
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	12/20/2013

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/19/2013
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	414
Active SCD forms	20,268
Active SBD forms	10,708
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,877
Active RXNORM IN atoms	9,540
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	2,236
Active RXNORM BN atoms	6,693
Active RXNORM DF atoms	105
Obsolete GPCK forms	128
Obsolete BPCK forms	108
Obsolete SCD forms	13,873
Obsolete SBD forms	10,283
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	9,261
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	51
Editor-suppressed SCD forms	1,124
Editor-suppressed SBD forms	908
OCD atoms	326,332
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,274,977
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	574,811
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	196,853
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	196,853

Last Reviewed: February 3, 2014