November Release - 11/05/2012

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2012AB 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	09/27/2012
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	09/26/2012
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	10/01/2012
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	10/01/2012
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	MSH	08/28/2012
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	10/26/2012
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	10/03/2012
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	11/05/2012
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	10/01/2012

 

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

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
FDA National Drug Code Directory	MTHFDA	06/01/2011
SNOMED Clinical Terms (drug information)	SNOMEDCT	07/31/2012

 

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	424
Active SCD forms	20,947
Active SBD forms	16,813
Active RXNORM MIN atoms	3,790
Active RXNORM IN atoms	7,464
Active RXNORM PIN atoms	1,842
Active RXNORM BN atoms	16,064
Active RXNORM DF atoms	103
Obsolete GPCK forms	77
Obsolete BPCK forms	48
Obsolete SCD forms	13,019
Obsolete SBD forms	4,059
Obsolete RXNORM MIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM IN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM PIN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM BN atoms	0
Obsolete RXNORM DF atoms	52
OCD atoms	303,287
Source-asserted NDC codes	1,094,575
Distinct Source-asserted NDC codes	517,795
SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	219,468
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDC codes	219,468

Last Reviewed: November 5, 2012