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C3500168

alpha tocopherol / ascorbic acid / beta carotene / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / docusate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / niacinamide / pantothenate / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc oxide Oral Product

Concept
CUIC3500168
Preferredalpha tocopherol / ascorbic acid / beta carotene / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / docusate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / niacinamide / pantothenate / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc oxide Oral Product
Cross-maps
RxNorm1313921
Source vocabularies

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# same page, as API
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/reference/umls/C3500168
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/translate?code=C3500168&from=umls&to=snomed-ct

Common questions

What is the UMLS CUI for alpha tocopherol / ascorbic acid / beta carotene / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / docusate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / niacinamide / pantothenate / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc oxide Oral Product?

alpha tocopherol / ascorbic acid / beta carotene / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / docusate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / niacinamide / pantothenate / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc oxide Oral Product is coded as C3500168 in UMLS.

What is UMLS code C3500168?

C3500168 is the UMLS identifier for alpha tocopherol / ascorbic acid / beta carotene / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / docusate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / niacinamide / pantothenate / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin B12 / zinc oxide Oral Product. It is included in the current NLM UMLS Metathesaurus release.

What is the RxNorm mapping for C3500168?

C3500168 maps to RxNorm 1313921.

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.
Is the API free to use?
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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