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C3209959

copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium sulfate / manganese sulfate / niacinamide / pantothenic acid / pyridoxine / riboflavin / sodium ascorbate / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc sulfate Pill

Concept
CUIC3209959
Preferredcopper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium sulfate / manganese sulfate / niacinamide / pantothenic acid / pyridoxine / riboflavin / sodium ascorbate / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc sulfate Pill
Cross-maps
RxNorm1155507
Source vocabularies

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# same page, as API
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/reference/umls/C3209959
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/translate?code=C3209959&from=umls&to=snomed-ct

Common questions

What is the UMLS CUI for copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium sulfate / manganese sulfate / niacinamide / pantothenic acid / pyridoxine / riboflavin / sodium ascorbate / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc sulfate Pill?

copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium sulfate / manganese sulfate / niacinamide / pantothenic acid / pyridoxine / riboflavin / sodium ascorbate / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc sulfate Pill is coded as C3209959 in UMLS.

What is UMLS code C3209959?

C3209959 is the UMLS identifier for copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium sulfate / manganese sulfate / niacinamide / pantothenic acid / pyridoxine / riboflavin / sodium ascorbate / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc sulfate Pill. It is included in the current NLM UMLS Metathesaurus release.

What is the RxNorm mapping for C3209959?

C3209959 maps to RxNorm 1155507.

UMLS, plainly answered

What is UMLS?
The Unified Medical Language System is the NLM's meta-terminology that unifies SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, LOINC, MeSH, and around 200 other source vocabularies under a single concept identifier (CUI). One UMLS CUI can group dozens of synonymous codes from different terminologies.
What is a CUI and why does it matter?
A CUI is a stable identifier (like C0011860) that points at a single clinical idea regardless of how that idea is encoded in any specific vocabulary. CUIs are the most reliable way to bridge between terminologies when you need to compare or merge data from multiple sources.
How does UMLS help with cross-mapping?
Every UMLS concept page lists the codes it groups together. That gives you a free crosswalk: a SNOMED concept and an ICD-10 code that share a CUI describe the same clinical idea. Our cross_references API returns these groupings inline.
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Browsing the directory is free. Programmatic /api/v1/reference/umls/* access needs an API key. Production volume requires a paid tier.
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