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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)

RxNorm Current Prescribable Content Release Notes

August Release - 08/05/2013

This RxNorm Current Prescribable Content release 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.

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or AttributeNumber
Active GPCK forms 277
Active BPCK forms 358
Active SCD forms 15,684
Active SBD forms 9,106
Active RXNORM MIN atoms 1,574
Active RXNORM IN atoms 4,604
Active RXNORM PIN atoms 1,228
Active RXNORM BN atoms 5,534
Active RXNORM DF atoms 100
   
Source-asserted NDC codes 132,950
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes 113,467
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes 180,029
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes 180,029

Last Reviewed: August 5, 2013