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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="v3-rxNorm"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: v3-rxNorm</p><p><b>name</b>: RxNorm</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>kind</b>: codesystem</p><p><b>date</b>: Mar 20, 2019, 12:00:00 AM</p><p><b>publisher</b>: NLM</p><p><b>contact</b>: National Library of Medicine: </p><p><b>responsible</b>: NLM</p><p><b>description</b>: RxNorm provides standard names for clinical drugs (active ingredient + strength + dose form) and for dose forms as administered to a patient. It provides links from clinical drugs, both branded and generic, to their active ingredients, drug components (active ingredient + strength), and related brand names. NDCs (National Drug Codes) for specific drug products (where there are often many NDC codes for a single product) are linked to that product in RxNorm. RxNorm links its names to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction software, including those of First Databank, Micromedex, MediSpan, and Multum. By providing links between these vocabularies, RxNorm can mediate messages between systems not using the same software and vocabulary.

RxNorm is one of a suite of designated standards for use in U.S. Federal Government systems for the electronic exchange of clinical health information.</p><blockquote><p><b>uniqueId</b></p><p><b>type</b>: oid</p><p><b>value</b>: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.88</p><p><b>preferred</b>: true</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>uniqueId</b></p><p><b>type</b>: uri</p><p><b>value</b>: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm</p><p><b>preferred</b>: true</p></blockquote></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-title">
    <valueString value="RxNorm"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url">
    <valueUri value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/v3-rxNorm"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-version">
    <valueString value="2.0.0"/>
  </extension>
  <name value="RxNorm"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="codesystem"/>
  <date value="2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="NLM"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="National Library of Medicine"/>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="NLM"/>
  <description
               value="RxNorm provides standard names for clinical drugs (active ingredient + strength + dose form) and for dose forms as administered to a patient. It provides links from clinical drugs, both branded and generic, to their active ingredients, drug components (active ingredient + strength), and related brand names. NDCs (National Drug Codes) for specific drug products (where there are often many NDC codes for a single product) are linked to that product in RxNorm. RxNorm links its names to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction software, including those of First Databank, Micromedex, MediSpan, and Multum. By providing links between these vocabularies, RxNorm can mediate messages between systems not using the same software and vocabulary.

RxNorm is one of a suite of designated standards for use in U.S. Federal Government systems for the electronic exchange of clinical health information."/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid"/>
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.6.88"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>