The National Library of Medicine provides free access to vocabulary standards, applications, and related tools that can be used to meet US EHR certification criteria and to achieve Meaningful Use of EHRs. Below are resources either created by or supported by NLM that can be used for providing patient-specific education materials, e-prescribing, and creating, exchanging, and interpreting standardized lists of problems, medications, and test results.
Value Set Authority Center (VSAC)
MedlinePlus Connect
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use
- MedlinePlus Connect Overview
- MedlinePlus Connect Technical Documentation
RxNorm
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- RxNorm Files and Documentation
- RxNorm Overview
- Research: PubMed Citations related to RxNorm and Meaningful Use
Helpful Subsets (click to open)
RxNorm Current Prescribable Content
For information on discontinued/obsolete drugs, or to map RxNorm codes to and from codes from other drug information sources, a user will need to consult the full RxNorm dataset.
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use
- RxNorm CPC Files and Documentation
Helpful APIs (click to open)
RxNorm API
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use
- RxNorm API (RESTful) Documentation
RxMix
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use
- RxMix web site
SNOMED CT® - Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terminology ®
- Publisher: International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO)
- Access: Free for use in IHTSDO member countries*
- SNOMED CT International Release Files
- US SNOMED CT Content Request System
- Research: See PubMed Citations related to SNOMED CT and Meaningful Use
Helpful Publications (click to open)
US Edition of SNOMED CT
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- US Edition Files and Documentation
- US SNOMED CT Content Request System
Helpful Subsets (click to open)
CORE Problem List of SNOMED CT
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- CORE Subset Files and Documentation
Convergent Medical Terminology Subsets
- Publisher: Kaiser Permanente
- Access: Free for use*
- CMT Files and Documentation
Nursing Problem List Subset of SNOMED CT
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- Nursing Problem List Files and Documentation
Helpful Mappings (click to open)
ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes to SNOMED CT Map
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- ICD-9-CMv3 -> SNOMED CT Mapping Files and Documentation
ICD-9-CM Diagnostic Codes to SNOMED CT Map
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- ICD-9-CM -> SNOMED CT Mapping Files and Documentation
SNOMED CT to ICD10-CM Map
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- SNOMED CT -> ICD-10-CM Mapping Files and Documentation
SNOMED CT to ICD9-CM Reimbursement Map
- Publisher: National Library of Medicine
- Access: Free for use*
- SNOMED CT -> ICD-9-CM Mapping Files and Documentation
LOINC® - Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
- Publisher: Regenstrief Institute
- Access: Free for use.
- Research: PubMed Citations related to LOINC and Meaningful Use
Helpful Subsets (click to open)
LOINC Top 300+ Lab Orders
- Publisher: Regenstrief Institute
- Access: Free for use
- Top 300 Lab Orders (PDF, XLSX, XLS)
LOINC Top 2000+ Lab Observations and Mapper's Guide
- Publisher: Regenstrief Institute
- Access: Free for use †
- Top 2000+ Lab Observations (PDF, XLSX, CSV)
LOINC Panels and Forms file
- Publisher: Regenstrief Institute
- Access: Free for use †
- Panels and Forms Files/Documentation
Last Reviewed: May 23, 2018