Submitted by palapal on 2022-04-22
Harmful or undesired physiological responses associated with exposure to a substance.
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Comment
Submitted by knicholson@nacds.org on 2022-04-18
NACDS Comments on USCDI Draft v3
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) requests ONC add the National Drug Code (NDC) as a Vocabulary Standard for the Substance (Medication) Data Element. The NDC distinctly identifies the product and is critical for capturing specific drug allergies including active and inactive ingredients (e.g., dyes, flavorings) as well as reporting of adverse drug events to the FDA. RxNorm does not identify the specific packaged product that was dispensed and would not be as useful in these situations.Submitted by knicholson@nacds.org on 2022-04-18
NACDS Comments on USCDI Draft v3
NACDS strongly encourages ONC to include the National Drug Code (NDC) in addition to RxNorm as a Vocabulary Standard for the Data Class of Medication. The NDC Code is a HIPAA-named code set and is pervasive in describing specific medications in the ambulatory care setting. The majority of NCPDP standards include the NDC as the primary drug identifier. The NCPDP Telecommunication Standard is used to process over 4.5 billion claims transactions per year, the vast majority of whichrequire only the NDC to be used in identifying the dispensed medication. 1.91 billion prescriptions are sent electronically from prescribers to pharmacies using the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard, where NDCs are almost exclusively used to represent the medication prescribed. Additionally, the industry uses the NDC in other important electronic prescribing transactions to accurately report the specific product in patient medication history, prescription renewals, prescription transfers, prior authorizations, medication changes, product recalls, adverse event reporting, REMS reporting and Real Time Prescription Benefit. RxNorm does not identify the specific packaged product dispensed and would not be as useful in most of these transactions.Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2022-03-25
NCPDP Comments on USCDI draft V3
NCPDP requests ONC add the National Drug Code (NDC). The NDC distinctly identifies the product and is critical for capturing specific drug allergies including active and inactive ingredients (e.g., dyes, flavorings) as well as reporting of adverse drug events to the FDA. RxNorm does not identify the specific packaged product that was dispensed and would not be as useful in these situations.Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2021-04-15
Submitted by pwilson@ncpdp.org on 2022-09-30
NCPDP Comments
NCPDP requests ONC add the National Drug Code (NDC). The NDC distinctly identifies the product and is critical for capturing specific drug allergies, including active and inactive ingredients (e.g., dyes, flavorings) as well as reporting of adverse drug events to the FDA. RxNorm does not identify the specific packaged product that was dispensed and would not be as useful in these situations.