Pirfenidone Oral Capsule [Esbriet]
RxNorm 1592282

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 1592282 represents a standardized clinical drug concept used for cross-system interoperability. This concept aggregates multiple Atom IDs (AUIs), which are specific naming variations and synonyms used across pharmaceutical databases to ensure accurate medication mapping for: pirfenidone Oral Capsule [Esbriet].

The following semantic concepts and normalized strings are associated with this clinical entity:

SBDF
Pirfenidone Oral Capsule [Esbriet]
AUI:6799008
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SBDFPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Pirfenidone Oral Capsule [Esbriet]
(Atom ID: 6799008)

Clinical Status & Identity

Prescribable Status
YES (Active)
Part of the RxNorm Current Prescribable Content subset including all drugs available for prescription in the USA.
Concept Description
pirfenidone Oral Capsule [Esbriet]
Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.
Suppress Flag
N
N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)
1592282
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
6799008
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
1592282
The "Most useful" identifier asserted by the original source vocabulary.

Source & Registry Data

Source Name
RxNorm Vocabulary (RXNORM)
The official name and abbreviation for the vocabulary source.
Source Version
20AA_260601F
The specific version of the vocabulary provided by the source.
Update Date
June 01, 2026
The date when this RxNorm data was last updated by the NLM.
License Contact
RxNorm Customer Service, , U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, , Bethesda, MD, United States, 20894, (888) FIND-NLM, , https://support.nlm.nih.gov/support/create-case/, https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/
Source licensing contact information.

Patient Education

Pirfenidone


Pirfenidone is used for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of the lungs with an unknown cause). Pirfenidone is in a class of medications called pyridones. It is not known exactly how pirfenidone works to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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