Can anyone tell me if the field DRUG IDENTIFIER is used in indexes, or is it used to look up a given drug etc.? After I posted my question I developed a suspicion that I don't really need to have data for DRUG IDENTIFIER, and that it might just be a ordering number or something like that.
Here is the data from the data dictionary, only part of which I understand.
Can someone tell from this information if this number is being used by the code somewhere to look up the drug?
FIELD NAME: DRUG IDENTIFIER
FLD NUMBER: .01 FLD TITLE:
NODE;PIECE: 0;1 HELP FRAME:
ACCESS: RD: DEL: WR:
DATA TYPE: Free Text
Uneditable
Do not ask for verification when entering new subentry
INPUT TRANSFORM: K:X[""""!($A(X)=45) X I $D(X) K:$L(X)>30!($L(X)<3)!'(X?1.N1
"A" 1.N) X
PROMPT MESSAGE: Answer must be 3-30 characters in length.
DESCRIPTION: This is the drug identifier.
OLD-STYLE INDEXES
INDEX: B
Type: REGULAR
Node: 1 S ^PS( 50.416,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)=""
Node: 2 K ^PS(50.416,DA(1),1,"B",$E(X,1,30),DA)
INDEX: APD
Type: MUMPS
Node: 1 S ^PS(50.416,"APD",X,$S(+$P(^PS( 50.416,DA(1),0),"^",2):+$P(
^(0),"^",2),1:DA(1)))=""
Node: 2 K ^PS(50.416,"APD",X,$S(+$P(^PS(50.416,DA(1),0),"^",2):+$P(
^(0),"^",2),1:DA(1)))
Node: 3 DO NOT DELETE.
Index Desc: This cross-reference stores the drug identifier for look-up
purposes. Cross-reference by VA Products containing
Ingredient. In the form of: ^PS( 50.416,"APD",Drug
Identifier,DA)
Thanks!
Kevin
On 12/31/05, Kevin Toppenberg <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does anyone know what the "DRUG IDENTIFIER" numbers refer to in file 50.416?
For example, ACETAMINOPHEN has the numbers shown below.
NUMBER: 105
NAME: ACETAMINOPHEN
DRUG IDENTIFIER: 195A1774
DRUG IDENTIFIER: 195A1775
DRUG IDENTIFIER: 195A1776
DRUG IDENTIFIER: 195A1777
DRUG IDENTIFIER: 195A1778
-snip of about 100 similar entries-
These numbers are not in the format to be the national drug code (NDC) issued by the FDA.
I am interested in the because I am trying to see if I can use FDA drug data to populate the drug files with up to data drug info. And yes it would be better if I could get all this from the VA and be plugged into their update stream.
I just discovered these numbers, and I don't know their use. The data dictionary description is not helpful. If this number is needed for proper drug processing, then I may have run into (another) setback--as I can't generate these unknown numbers from FDA drug file data.
Thanks
Kevin
