Files > DRUG INGREDIENTS

name

DRUG INGREDIENTS

number

50.416

location

^PS(50.416,

description

Per VHA Directive 2005-044, this file has been "locked down" by Data Standardization (DS). The file definition (i.e. data dictionary) shall not be modified. All additions, changes and deletions to entries in the file shall be done by Enterprise Reference Terminology (ERT) using the Master File Server (MFS), provided by Common Services (CS). Creating and/or editing locally defined fields in the file are not permitted. Use of locally defined fields that were created prior to VHA Directive 2005-044 shall not be supported. This file contains individual generic drugs which are components of various drug products.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	name(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the drug ingredient name.
1	drug identifier	1;0	MULTIPLE	50.4161		This field contains products from the National Drug file which contain this ingredient.
2	primary ingredient	0;2	POINTER	50.416	APS	This is the primary ingredient.
3	inactivation date	2;1	DATE-TIME			This is the date when this drug ingredient was made inactive.
99.98	master entry for vuid(+)	VUID;2	BOOLEAN	1:YES 0:NO		This field identifies the Master entry for a VUID associated with a Term/Concept.
99.99	vuid(+)	VUID;1	FREE TEXT		AVUID	VHA Unique ID (VUID). A unique meaningless integer assigned to reference terms VHA wide.
99.991	effective date/time	TERMSTATUS;0	MULTIPLE	50.4169		Describes the pair Status and Effective Date/Time for each reference term.