Codified Field Usage for Federal Medication Terminologies (FMT) Codes

note for a list of fmt codes maintained by the nci (national cancer institute), go to http //evs nci nih gov/ftp1/ncpdp/about html http //evs nci nih gov/ftp1/ncpdp/about html use the valid value from the appropriate row of the downloaded data this list should be updated on a monthly basis the table below includes some example fields codified field/field code comment strengthform/code use the ncpdp strengthform terminology rows from the downloaded data strengthunitofmeasure/code use the ncpdp strengthunitofmeasure terminology rows from the downloaded data quantityunitofmeasure/code use the ncpdp quantityunitofmeasure terminology rows from the downloaded data doseunitofmeasure/code use the ncpdp doseunitofmeasure terminology rows from the downloaded data deaschedule use the ncpdp deaschedule terminology rows from the downloaded data