January Release - 01/03/2012

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2011AB 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	12/04/2011
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	12/07/2011
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	12/01/2011
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	12/05/2011
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	12/27/2011
First DataBank NDDF Plus Source Vocabulary	NDDF	12/07/2011
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	01/03/2012
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	11/10/2011

 

The following sources have not been updated since the previous RxNorm release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	09/09/2011
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	07/31/2011

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes for this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCK forms	316
Active BPCK forms	399
Active SCD forms	20,539
Active SBD forms	17,120
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,714
Active RXNORM IN atoms	5,010
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,569
Active RXNORM BN atoms	15,537
Active RXNORM DF atoms	100
Obsolete GPCK forms	67
Obsolete BPCK forms	38
Obsolete SCD forms	13,054
Obsolete SBD forms	3,864
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	55
OCD atoms	290,734
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,045,633
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	491,170
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	255,043
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	255,043

Last Reviewed: April 23, 2012