July Release - 07/01/2013

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	05/31/2013
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	05/29/2013
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	06/01/2013
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	06/03/2013
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	06/24/2013
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	06/05/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	07/01/2013
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	06/03/2013

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	01/21/2013
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	334
Active BPCK forms	408
Active SCD forms	20,027
Active SBD forms	10,976
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,839
Active RXNORM IN atoms	9,024
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	2,162
Active RXNORM BN atoms	6,910
Active RXNORM DF atoms	104
Obsolete GPCK forms	116
Obsolete BPCK forms	93
Obsolete SCD forms	13,777
Obsolete SBD forms	9,563
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	8,727
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	51
Editor-suppressed SCD forms	1,084
Editor-suppressed SBD forms	894
OCD atoms	310,962
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,239,075
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	555,827
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	195,872
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	195,872

Last Reviewed: July 1, 2013