Patients height and weight will be included in the transmission for patients 18 and under. Materials reproduced with the consent of national council for prescription drug programs inc. The passage of the aap proposal means the new ncpdp script standard for e prescriptions will include the most recent height and weight for patients under 18 years. While the updates are in the ncpdp approval queues they will not appear as an update on the pharmacy profile. Requirement for weight and height for prescriptions except for chemotherapeutic agents and a very few other medications a patients height is not necessary to determine medication dosing. The passage of the aap proposal means the new ncpdp script standard for e prescriptions will include the most recent height and weight for patients under 18 years.
Ncpdp is the problem solving forum for healthcare successful and respected throughout the industry. 1988 1992 2002 2004 2005 ncpdp. Although this is a welcome change it is dependant on the receiving pharmacy having also switched to the ncpdp script v2107071 format in compliance with the cms time frame. In addition there will be a time and date stamp. December 2ø14 national council for prescription drug programs 924ø east raintree drive scottsdale az 8526ø phone. Medications such as eye drops ear drops skin creams and inhaled medications bronchodilators inhaled steroids etc do not require weights at all.
The sig instructions character limit increased from 140 to 1000 characters. This will allow pediatricians and pharmacists to share this information and provide safe weight based dosing. In addition there will be a time and date stamp. 48ø 477 1øøø fax 48ø 767 1ø42. This document also contains editorial corrections clarifications to the ncpdp script implementation guide documents. Weve been doing this for 40 years.
This work is owned by national council for prescription drug programs inc 9240 e. Ncpdp is experiencing an extremely high volume of pharmacy updatesif you have submitted an update it may take a couple of weeks for it to be fully processed. This will allow pediatricians and pharmacists to share this information and provide safe weight based dosing. This table is located in section 6 of the ncpdp health care identification card pharmacy id card implementation guide version 1 release 8 april 2004. We bring diverse stakeholders together to improve the exchange of healthcare information for patients and everyone involved in delivering care. This work is owned by national council for prescription drug programs inc 9240 e.
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