February Release - 02/02/2015
This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2014AB 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System | ATC | 2015 |
| Gold Standard Drug Database | GS | 01/08/2015 |
| Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base | MDDB | 01/07/2015 |
| Multum MediSource Lexicon | MMSL | 01/01/2015 |
| Micromedex RED BOOK | MMX | 01/05/2015 |
| FDA Structured Product Labels | MTHSPL | 01/26/2015 |
| FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus) | NDDF | 01/07/2015 |
| Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology | NDFRT | 02/02/2015 |
| NDFRT FDASPL relationships | NDFRT_FDASPL | 02/02/2015 |
| NDFRT FMTSME relationships | NDFRT_FMTSME | 02/02/2015 |
| Veterans Health Administration National Drug File | VANDF | 12/22/2014 |
The following sources have not been updated in this release:
| Source Name | SAB | Date Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) | MSH | 09/08/2014 |
| CMS Formulary Reference File | MTHCMSFRF | 2014 |
| FDA National Drug Code Directory | MTHFDA | 06/01/2011 |
| US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information) | SNOMEDCT_US | 07/31/2014 |
Data Changes
NDF-RT now contains data specifying a “virtual hierarchy” for FDA Established Pharmacologic Class [EPC] concepts by mapping them into the SNOMED CT Product and/or Substance hierarchies. In RxNorm, these mappings are represented as 'SNOMED_PARENT' and 'SNOMED_CHILD' attributes in the RXNSAT file. Conceptually, SNOMED CT hierarchies harbor FDA EPC concepts “virtually-embedded” within them. Please refer to the Concept Properties section of the revised full NDF-RT Documentation for details about the SNOMED_* properties that store these EPC-to-SNOMED-CT mappings.
Data Counts
| Term Type or Attribute | Number |
|---|---|
| Active GPCKs | 366 |
| Active BPCKs | 458 |
| Active SCDs | 19994 |
| Active SBDs | 11002 |
| Active RXNORM MINs | 3932 |
| Active RXNORM INs | 10362 |
| Active RXNORM PINs | 2389 |
| Active RXNORM BNs | 6818 |
| Active RXNORM DFs | 103 |
| Obsolete GPCKs | 125 |
| Obsolete BPCKs | 114 |
| Obsolete SCDs | 14593 |
| Obsolete SBDs | 10452 |
| Obsolete RXNORM MINs | 0 |
| Obsolete RXNORM INs | 0 |
| Obsolete RXNORM PINs | 0 |
| Obsolete RXNORM BNs | 9540 |
| Obsolete RXNORM DFs | 57 |
| Editor-suppressed SCDs | 1134 |
| Editor-suppressed SBDs | 988 |
| OCD atoms | 333573 |
| Source-asserted NDCs | 1336477 |
| Distinct source-asserted NDCs | 605161 |
| SAB=RXNORM NDCs | 202289 |
| Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs | 202289 |
Last Reviewed: February 2, 2015