医薬品コード

医薬品コード（Pharmaceutical Code）は、医学分類において医薬品を一意に識別するために用いられる。医薬品コードは、有効成分、薬物系（不活性成分や徐放剤を含む）全般、または特定の製造業者の特定の医薬品を一意に識別することができる。

例

Drug system identifiers (manufacturer-specific including inactive ingredients):

• National Drug Code (NDC) — administered by Food and Drug Administration.
• Drug Identification Number (DIN) — administered by Health Canada under the Food and Drugs Act
• Hong Kong Drug Registration — administered by the Pharmaceutical Service of the Department of Health (Hong Kong)
• National Pharmaceutical Product Index - South Africa

Hierarchical systems:

• Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (AT, or ATC/DDD) — administered by World Health Organization
• Generic Product Identifier (GPI) — hierarchical classification number published by MediSpan
• SNOMED — C axis

Ingredients:

• Unique Ingredient Identifier

Proprietary database identifiers include those assigned by First Databank, Micromedex, MediSpan, Gold Standard Drug Database (published by Elsevier), and Cerner Multum MediSource Lexicon; these are cross-indexed by RxNorm, which also assigns a unique identifier (RxCUI) to every combination of active ingredient and dose level.

See also

• Drug nomenclature
• Drug class