Prescribable RxNorm API
getRxNormName
- Information returned
- Name of a concept
- Service domain
- https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov
- HTTP request
- GETÂ /REST/Prescribe/rxcui/rxcui.xml
Description
Return the name of the concept identified by the rxcui parameter.
Scope
Active: concepts in the current RxNorm data set that have an atom with SAB=RXNORM and SUPPRESS=N
Parameters
Parameter | Location | Use | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|
rxcui | Path | Required | RxNorm identifier | |
format | Path | Optional | Notation for results One of:
| .xml |
Note that HTTP requires that query parameters be "URL encoded". For full information on URL encoding, please refer to IETF RFC 3986, "Uniform Resource Identifier".
Output structure
Results are available as either XML or JSON.
The XML result has the root element rxnormdata. It is described in the XML Schema for the Prescribable RxNorm API; the relevant element structure is summarized below. Elements that would be empty might be left out.
The JSON result is an object {...}, analogous to the content of the XML rxnormdata. Fields that might occur multiple times in the XML are expressed as an array. Fields that would be empty might be null or left out. Numbers are expressed as strings.
Both XML and JSON results follow the same outline:
- rxnormdata
- Root element in XML, or anonymous object in JSON
- idGroup
- name
- RxNorm concept name
Example: Name of RxNorm concept 131725
XML: https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/REST/Prescribe/rxcui/131725
JSON: https://rxnav.nlm.nih.gov/REST/Prescribe/rxcui/131725.json
An XML result is shown below.
<rxnormdata> <idGroup> <name>Ambien</name> </idGroup> </rxnormdata>