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C5384431

ascorbic acid / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium oxide / niacinamide / potassium iodide / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin A / vitamin B12 / vitamin E / zinc sulfate Oral Tablet [Lactocal]

Concept
CUIC5384431
Preferredascorbic acid / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium oxide / niacinamide / potassium iodide / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin A / vitamin B12 / vitamin E / zinc sulfate Oral Tablet [Lactocal]
Cross-maps
RxNorm2371756
Source vocabularies

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# same page, as API
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/reference/umls/C5384431
GET autoicdapi.com/api/v1/translate?code=C5384431&from=umls&to=snomed-ct

Common questions

What is the UMLS CUI for ascorbic acid / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium oxide / niacinamide / potassium iodide / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin A / vitamin B12 / vitamin E / zinc sulfate Oral Tablet [Lactocal]?

ascorbic acid / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium oxide / niacinamide / potassium iodide / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin A / vitamin B12 / vitamin E / zinc sulfate Oral Tablet [Lactocal] is coded as C5384431 in UMLS.

What is UMLS code C5384431?

C5384431 is the UMLS identifier for ascorbic acid / calcium carbonate / cholecalciferol / copper sulfate / ferrous fumarate / folic acid / magnesium oxide / niacinamide / potassium iodide / pyridoxine / riboflavin / thiamine / vitamin A / vitamin B12 / vitamin E / zinc sulfate Oral Tablet [Lactocal]. It is included in the current NLM UMLS Metathesaurus release.

What is the RxNorm mapping for C5384431?

C5384431 maps to RxNorm 2371756.

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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