Drug Terminologies

                              DRUG TERMINOLOGIES

INTRODUCTION: There are federal and non-federal Drug terminologies/standards.

Federal terminologies include the Food and Drug Administration's National Drug Code (NDC), the Structure Product Labeling(SPL)and the Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII), the National Library of Medicine RxNorm, the National Drug File Reference Terminology ( for specific drugs)and non federal Standard Organization like the National Council for Prescription Drug Program.

NATIONAL DRUG CODE It is Universal product Identifier for drugs intended for humans in the United States. The Drug Listing Act of 1972 mandates all drug establishments to provide the Food and Drug Administration with the list of all drugs that are prepared ,manufactures, compounded or processed for commercial distribution. The FAD publishes the NDC and information submitted in the NDC Directory which is updated daily. The national drug code is used in drugs dispensing record keeping, billing and reimbursement etc. The National Drug Code is present in medication package and inserts of prescription and nonprescription ( over-the counter)drugs. The National Drug Code is a unique 10-digit , three semi-fixed-length data fields: The first segment is the labeler code, and the other two segments are the product code and package code.

== FDA Labeler Code ==This is a code that is assigned by the FDA to the manufacturer, packager or re-packager of the drug as part of the application process.