October Release - 10/05/2015

This release of RxNorm is consistent with the 2015AA 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	09/14/2015
Medi-Span Master Drug Data Base	MDDB	09/09/2015
Multum MediSource Lexicon	MMSL	09/01/2015
Micromedex RED BOOK	MMX	09/07/2015
FDA Structured Product Labels	MTHSPL	09/24/2015
FDB MedKnowledge (formerly NDDF Plus)	NDDF	09/09/2015
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File - Reference Terminology	NDFRT	10/05/2015
NDFRT FDASPL relationships	NDFRT_FDASPL	10/05/2015
NDFRT FMTSME relationships	NDFRT_FMTSME	10/05/2015
Veterans Health Administration National Drug File	VANDF	08/20/2015

 

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	01/26/2015
CMS Formulary Reference File	MTHCMSFRF	2014
US Edition of SNOMED CT (drug information)	SNOMEDCT_US	07/31/2015

 

Data Changes

This release includes many changes to dose forms for injectable products as part of the ongoing prescribable names (TTY=PSN) work.

Data Counts

Term Type or Attribute	Number
Active GPCKs	349
Active BPCKs	399
Active SCDs	19717
Active SBDs	10550
Active RXNORM MINs	3980
Active RXNORM INs	10741
Active RXNORM PINs	2448
Active RXNORM BNs	6354
Active RXNORM DFs	113
Obsolete GPCKs	143
Obsolete BPCKs	127
Obsolete SCDs	15190
Obsolete SBDs	10068
Obsolete RXNORM MINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM INs	0
Obsolete RXNORM PINs	0
Obsolete RXNORM BNs	9354
Obsolete RXNORM DFs	53
Editor-suppressed SCDs	1253
Editor-suppressed SBDs	1130
Source-asserted NDCs	1156106
Distinct source-asserted NDCs	540202
SAB=RXNORM NDCs	208748
Distinct SAB=RXNORM NDCs	208748

Last Reviewed: October 5, 2015