April Release - 04/06/2015

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
Gold Standard Drug Database	GS	03/04/2015
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	03/04/2015
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	03/01/2015
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	03/02/2015
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	03/25/2015
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	03/11/2015
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	04/06/2015
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	04/06/2015
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	04/06/2015
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	02/19/2015

 

The following sources have not been updated in this release:

Source Name	SAB	Date Updated
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System	ATC	2015
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	01/31/2015

 

Data Changes

There are no significant data changes in this release.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	374
Active BPCKs	430
Active SCDs	20066
Active SBDs	10625
Active RXNORM MINs	3948
Active RXNORM INs	10475
Active RXNORM PINs	2408
Active RXNORM BNs	6458
Active RXNORM DFs	103
Obsolete GPCKs	125
Obsolete BPCKs	109
Obsolete SCDs	14600
Obsolete SBDs	9842
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9147
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	57
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1150
Editor-suppressed SBDs	990
OCD atoms	335180
Source-asserted NDCs	1345168
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	609503
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	204937
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	204937

Last Reviewed: April 6, 2015