Ciprofloxacin Otic Solution [Cetraxal]
RxNorm 848959

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 848959 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: ciprofloxacin Otic Solution [Cetraxal].

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

SBDF
Ciprofloxacin Otic Solution [Cetraxal]
AUI:12314487
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SBDFPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Ciprofloxacin Otic Solution [Cetraxal]
(Atom ID: 12314487)

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
ciprofloxacin Otic Solution [Cetraxal]
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)
848959
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
12314487
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
848959
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

Ciprofloxacin Otic


Ciprofloxacin otic solution (Cetraxal) and ciprofloxacin otic suspension (Otiprio) are used to treat outer ear infections in adults and children. Ciprofloxacin otic suspension (Otiprio) is also used in children during ear tube placement surgery to prevent infection or ear drainage. Ciprofloxacin otic is in a class of medications called quinolone antibiotics. It works by killing the bacteria that cause infection.
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