On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 18:25, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > On Mar 15, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > The size of the separate fields have changed over the years and > > different drugs are labeled differently. the largest an NDC can be is > > 5-4-2 (11 digits). But it can and does vary from 4-4-2 and 2-3-2 and > > even 5-3-2 > > So, are the NDC codes without the hyphens ambiguous?
Theoretically, yeah. Most implementations now standardize on a 5-4-2 standard with or without hyphens, but there are exceptions which while not perfect, would be if everyone used it 5-4-2. Syringes are a PIA. Ans then there is the issue of drug company mergers. I'm not certain if the VA specifically has access to overseas drugs. Finally, the VA used to us the NATO and military 6505 codes to do actual ordering. I'm not sure if that is still the case. Ruben > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Not only is the universe stranger than we > imagine: it is stranger than we can imagine." > --Sir Arthur Eddington > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
