Tetracaine (as tetracaine hydrochloride) 0.5 % Ophthalmic Ointment
RxNorm 340276

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 340276 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: tetracaine (as tetracaine hydrochloride) 0.5 % Ophthalmic Ointment.

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

SCD
Tetracaine 0.005 mg/MG Ophthalmic Ointment
Primary clinical definition
AUI:12339951
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SY
Tetracaine (as tetracaine hydrochloride) 0.5 % Ophthalmic Ointment
AUI:3801007
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SCD

Semantic Clinical Drug (SCD):
Tetracaine 0.005 mg/MG Ophthalmic Ointment
(Atom ID: 12339951)

Clinical Status & Identity

Prescribable Status
NO (Reference)
Part of the RxNorm Current Prescribable Content subset including all drugs available for prescription in the USA.
Concept Description
tetracaine 0.005 MG/MG Ophthalmic Ointment
Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.
Suppress Flag
O
N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)
340276
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12339951
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SCD
Semantic Clinical Drug (Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form)
Source Code
340276
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/
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Technical Attributes & Logic

RXN OBSOLETED
04/30/2020
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete
RXTERM FORM
Ointment
The RxTerm dose form name for this drug
SY

Synonym (SY):
Tetracaine (as tetracaine hydrochloride) 0.5 % Ophthalmic Ointment
(Atom ID: 3801007)

Clinical Status & Identity

Prescribable Status
NO (Reference)
Part of the RxNorm Current Prescribable Content subset including all drugs available for prescription in the USA.
Concept Description
tetracaine (as tetracaine hydrochloride) 0.5 % Ophthalmic Ointment
Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.
Suppress Flag
O
N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)
340276
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
3801007
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SY
Synonym (Synonym of another TTY, given for clarity.)
Source Code
340276
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.