Pharmaceutical code

<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>Drug system identifiers (manufacturer-specific including inactive ingredients):
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/National_Drug_Code/Fh6lDL9p">National Drug Code</a> (NDC) — administered by <a href="/facts/Food_and_Drug_Administration/rCEnh9WB">Food and Drug Administration</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Drug_Identification_Number/TSJSgzNa">Drug Identification Number</a> (DIN) — administered by <a href="/facts/Health_Canada/BV8TuL14">Health Canada</a> under the <a href="/facts/Food_and_Drugs_Act/Kbnl8F0d">Food and Drugs Act</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Department_of_Health_(Hong_Kong)/JUGNsAep">Hong Kong Drug Registration</a> — administered by the Pharmaceutical Service of the <a href="/facts/Department_of_Health_(Hong_Kong)/JUGNsAep">Department of Health (Hong Kong)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/National_Pharmaceutical_Product_Index/VCFA6wEm">National Pharmaceutical Product Index</a> - South Africa</li></ul>
<p>Hierarchical systems:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Anatomical_Therapeutic_Chemical_Classification_System/gcFTwqSA">Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System</a> (AT, or ATC/DDD) — administered by <a href="/facts/World_Health_Organization/YNN3bgug">World Health Organization</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Generic_Product_Identifier/VNvIhIzF">Generic Product Identifier</a> (GPI) — <a href="/facts/Hierarchical_classification/QDebhC1y">hierarchical classification</a> number published by MediSpan</li>
<li><a href="/facts/SNOMED/Px5Svo4e">SNOMED</a> — C axis</li></ul>
<p>Ingredients:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Unique_Ingredient_Identifier/0TnmYTz3">Unique Ingredient Identifier</a></li></ul>
<p>Proprietary database identifiers include those assigned by <a href="/facts/First_Databank/m14Fc63j">First Databank</a>, <a href="/facts/Micromedex/aPdbFrgn">Micromedex</a>, MediSpan, Gold Standard Drug Database (published by <a href="/facts/Elsevier/jkPSAEmR">Elsevier</a>), and Cerner Multum MediSource Lexicon; these are cross-indexed by <a href="/facts/RxNorm/goEsgamb">RxNorm</a>, which also assigns a unique identifier (RxCUI) to every combination of active ingredient and dose level.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Drug_nomenclature/eUlpjE7T">Drug nomenclature</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Drug_class/CegnN5Yr">Drug class</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"National Drug Code Directory". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 5 May 2017. <a href="https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ucm142438.htm" target="_blank">https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/InformationOnDrugs/ucm142438.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>RxNorm Overview <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/overview.html" target="_blank">https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/overview.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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