Tag: Interoperability

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Decoding Medications: What is the difference between RXCUi and NDC?

Oct 8, 2025 •

5 min read

Over 85% of healthcare organizations use electronic health records, making consistent drug identification crucial for patient safety and billing. A foundational part of this is knowing **what is the difference between RXCUi and NDC?**, which represent a drug's conceptual and physical identity, respectively.

What is RXCUI? A Deep Dive into the RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier

Oct 7, 2025 •

4 min read

Over 60% of drug names from various source vocabularies receive a normalized name within RxNorm, each assigned an RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier, or RXCUI [1.2.3]. So, what is RXCUI? It's a unique, unambiguous identifier for a specific clinical drug concept.