Sodium polystyrene sulfonate Oral Suspension [Kionex]
RxNorm 793740

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 793740 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: sodium polystyrene sulfonate Oral Suspension [Kionex].

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

SBDF
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate Oral Suspension [Kionex]
AUI:12313998
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SBDFPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate Oral Suspension [Kionex]
(Atom ID: 12313998)

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
sodium polystyrene sulfonate Oral Suspension [Kionex]
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)
793740
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12313998
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
793740
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

Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate


Sodium polystyrene sulfonate is used to treat hyperkalemia (increased amounts of potassium in the body). Sodium polystyrene sulfonate is in a class of medications called potassium-removing agents. It works by removing excess potassium from the body.
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