Sulfacetamide Ophthalmic Ointment
RxNorm 378996

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 378996 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: sulfacetamide Ophthalmic Ointment.

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

Type (TTY)

Clinical Name / Synonym

Atom ID

Details

SCDF

Sulfacetamide Ophthalmic Ointment

AUI:12257856 

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Semantic Clinical Drug Form (SCDF):
Sulfacetamide Ophthalmic Ointment
(Atom ID: 12257856)

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

sulfacetamide Ophthalmic Ointment

Official description of the drug concept as defined in the source vocabulary.

Suppress Flag

N: Not suppressible | O: Obsolete | Y: Suppressed by editor | E: Unquantified non-prescribable drug.

Interoperability & Coding

Concept ID (RxCUI)

378996

RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.

Atom ID (RXAUI)

12257856

Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).

Term Type (TTY)

SCDF

Semantic Clinical Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form)

Source Code

378996

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

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