Besifloxacin Ophthalmic Suspension [Besivance]
RxNorm 850308

Concept Hierarchy & Relationship Mapping

RxNorm Concept Unique Identifier (RxCUI) 850308 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: besifloxacin Ophthalmic Suspension [Besivance].

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

SBDF
Besifloxacin Ophthalmic Suspension [Besivance]
AUI:2970097
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SBDFPrescribable

Semantic Branded Drug Form (SBDF):
Besifloxacin Ophthalmic Suspension [Besivance]
(Atom ID: 2970097)

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
besifloxacin Ophthalmic Suspension [Besivance]
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)
850308
RxNorm Unique Identifier for the standardized concept.
Atom ID (RXAUI)
2970097
Unique identifier for this specific name variation (Atom).
Term Type (TTY)
SBDF
Semantic Branded Drug Form (Ingredient + Dose Form + Brand Name)
Source Code
850308
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 ACTIVATED
08/31/2010
Date the RxNorm atom was reactivated
RXN OBSOLETED
07/28/2010
Date the RxNorm atom became obsolete

Patient Education

Besifloxacin Ophthalmic


Besifloxacin ophthalmic is used to treat bacterial conjunctivitis (pinkeye; infection of the membrane that covers the outside of the eyeballs and the inside of the eyelids). Besifloxacin is in a class of medications called fluoroquinolones. It works by killing the bacteria that cause infection.
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