RxNorm Codes

RxNorm Codes are a unique identifier assigned to clinical drugs or drug delivery devices in the United States. They are used to identify similar products across different electronic systems.
MacPractice includes a Reference Database of all up to date RxNorm Codes. These codes are accessible from within MacPractice.
If you have ePrescribe purchased, All Medications in the References Ability > Medications (FDB) include a RxNorm code that you can access and verify.
You can look up a Medication's RxNorm code by selecting or searching for the Medication in the References sidebar under Medications (FDB), and then clicking on the "Dose" tab as shown in the screenshot below.

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If you do not have ePrescribe purchased, you can still access the RxNorm codes by accessing Medications (Custom), adding a test medication, and then searching for RxNorm codes in the Reference window, as indicated in the screenshot below.

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For more information on Medication References, please refer to Rx - Medication References.

If you have Preferences > Coding > Medications set to RxNorm, you can also access RxNorm codes by navigating to the Rx Ability, and searching for a Medication.

Please contact MacPractice Support if you suspect there is a missing RxNorm code. In order to make a change to this information, we will require some documentation of the medication and the RxNorm code that you suspect is missing, and we will investigate further.