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Page versions: R4B R4 R3 R2 Using Codes Systems Value Sets v2 Tables v3 Namespaces Concept Maps Terminology Service 1.22.1.2 Using RxNorm with FHIR 1.22.1.2.1 Summary Source RxNorm is made available by the US National Library of Medicine at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm System The URI http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm identifies the RxNorm code system Version Where a version is used, it should be the date of release, encoded as in the download files, e.g. "07092014" Code The code value for an RxNorm code is a Concept Identifier (CUI), and only CUIs for which there is an SAB=RXNORM Display The correct display for CUI is the String description for it associated with the source RXNORM Filter Properties Several properties are defined as described below 1.22.1.2.2 RxNorm MySQL Database The RxNorm scripts are able to populate a MySQL database that contains the data from RxNorm. This page provides SQL statements that describe how to implement the features of the RxNorm terminology correctly against this database. These are provided for implementer convenience, and do not imply that any particular approach be used in implementations. For example, the correct display name for a CUI is 'Select STR from rxnconso where RXCUI = :code and SAB = 'RXNORM' and TTY <> 'SY'. 1.22.1.2.3 Copyright/License Issues The use of RxNorm codes and display names in this specification is pursuant to HL7's status as a licensee of the NLM UMLS. This license does not convey the right to use RxNorm to any users of this specification; implementers must acquire a license to use RxNorm in their own right. The license for RxNorm places restrictions on the distribution of the UMLS Metathesaurus or subsets of it. We are seeking a clarification of what constitutes a "subset of the metathesaurus" in order to make it clear what the status of an RxNorm value set is. 1.22.1.2.4 RxNorm Filter Properties This section documents the property filters that can be used with the RxNorm code system in value set composition statements. The base SQL statement for returning a list of CUIS that conform to these filters is: Select RXCUI from rxnconso where SAB = 'RXNORM' and TTY <> 'SY' 1.22.1.2.4.1 Semantic Type Description Allows to choose a set of CUIs based on their Semantic Type Property Name STY Operations Allowed = / in Values Allowed [column:]value Comments If not column is specified, the default column is TUI SQL and RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnsty where [:column] = :value) 1.22.1.2.4.2 Source Description Allows for selection of the set of concepts that have mappings to a particular rxnorm source Property Name SAB Operations Allowed = / in Values Allowed Values from RxNorm SAB table (e.g. select RSAB from rxnsab) SQL and RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnconso where SAB = :value) 1.22.1.2.4.3 Term Type Description Allows for selection of a concept based on its designated type Property Name TTY Operations Allowed = / in Values Allowed TTY values from the RxNorm Concept table (e.g. select distinct TTY from rxnconso) SQL and TTY = :value 1.22.1.2.4.4 Relationship Description Allows for selection of a concept based on its relationships Property Name [REL] Operations Allowed = / in Values Allowed CUI:[RXCUI] or AUI:[RXAUI] must be a valid CUI or AUI. Note that a CUI does not need to have a SAB=RXNORM entry to be used here Comments [REL] (:rel) is one of SY, SIB, RN, PAR, CHD, RB or RO SQL for CUI: and (RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnconso where RXCUI in (select RXCUI1 from rxnrel where REL = :rel and RXCUI2 = :value)) for AUI: and (RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnconso where RXAUI in (select RXAUI1 from rxnrel where REL = :rel and RXAUI2 = :value)) 1.22.1.2.4.5 Relationship Type Description Allows for selection of a concept based on the type of its relationships Property Name [RELA] Operations Allowed = / in Values Allowed CUI:[RXCUI] or AUI:[RXAUI] must be a valid CUI or AUI. Note that a CUI does not need to have a SAB=RXNORM entry to be used here Comments [RELA] (:rela) is one of the relationship types below SQL for CUI: and (RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnconso where RXCUI in (select RXCUI1 from rxnrel where RELA = :rel and RXCUI2 = :value)) for AUI: and (RXCUI in (select RXCUI from rxnconso where RXAUI in (select RXAUI1 from rxnrel where RELA = :rel and RXAUI2 = :value)) Relationship Types active_ingredient_of active_metabolites_of chemical_structure_of consists_of constitutes contained_in contains contraindicated_with_disease contraindicating_class_of contraindicating_mechanism_of_action_of contraindicating_physiologic_effect_of doseformgroup_of dose_form_of effect_may_be_inhibited_by entry_version_of form_of has_active_ingredient has_active_metabolites has_chemical_structure has_contraindicated_drug has_contraindicating_class has_contraindicating_mechanism_of_action has_contraindicating_physiologic_effect has_doseformgroup has_dose_form has_entry_version has_form has_ingredient has_ingredients has_mechanism_of_action has_member has_part has_participant has_permuted_term has_pharmacokinetics has_physiologic_effect has_precise_ingredient has_print_name has_product_component has_quantified_form has_sort_version has_therapeutic_class has_tradename included_in includes induced_by induces ingredients_of ingredient_of inverse_isa isa mapped_from mapped_to may_be_diagnosed_by may_be_prevented_by may_be_treated_by may_diagnose may_inhibit_effect_of may_prevent may_treat mechanism_of_action_of member_of metabolic_site_of participates_in part_of permuted_term_of pharmacokinetics_of physiologic_effect_of precise_ingredient_of print_name_of product_component_of quantified_form_of reformulated_to reformulation_of site_of_metabolism sort_version_of therapeutic_class_of tradename_of 1.22.1.2.5 Implicit Value Sets Implicit value sets are those whose specification can predicted based on the grammar of the underlying code system, and the known structure of the URL that refers to them. RxNorm does not (yet) have any defined implicit value sets. The value set identifier http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/vs is a value set that contains all RxNorm CUIs. © HL7.org 2011+. FHIR DSTU (v0.4.0-4902) generated on Fri, Mar 27, 2015 00:23+1100. Links: What's a DSTU? | Version History | Specification Map | Compare to DSTU1 | | Propose a change