April Release - 04/04/2016

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2015AB 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	03/08/2016
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	03/02/2016
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	03/01/2016
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	03/07/2016
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	03/25/2016
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	03/09/2016
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	04/04/2016
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	04/04/2016
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	04/04/2016
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	02/25/2016

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2016
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/18/2015
CMS Formulary Reference File	MTHCMSFRF	2014
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	01/31/2016

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	369
Active BPCKs	412
Active SCDs	18787
Active SBDs	10676
Active RXNORM MINs	3992
Active RXNORM INs	10906
Active RXNORM PINs	2531
Active RXNORM BNs	6393
Active RXNORM DFs	114
Obsolete GPCKs	140
Obsolete BPCKs	128
Obsolete SCDs	16248
Obsolete SBDs	10094
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9456
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	54
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1486
Editor-suppressed SBDs	1306
Source-asserted NDCs	1188312
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	559035
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	212612
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	212612

Last Reviewed: April 4, 2016