Pitocin
RxNorm 227199

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 227199 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: Pitocin.

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

BN
Pitocin
AUI:1196631
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BNPrescribable

Brand Name (BN):
Pitocin
(Atom ID: 1196631)

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
Pitocin
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)
227199
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
1196631
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
BN
Brand Name (A proprietary name for a family of products containing a specific active ingredient.)
Source Code
227199
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.

Technical Attributes & Logic

RXN BN CARDINALITY
single
Cardinality of RxNorm Brand Name Atom

Patient Education

Oxytocin Injection


Oxytocin injection is used to begin or improve contractions during labor. Oxytocin also is used to reduce bleeding after childbirth. It also may be used along with other medications or procedures to end a pregnancy. Oxytocin is in a class of medications called oxytocic hormones. It works by stimulating uterine contractions.
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