NDC Numbers & Med Admin Injections

We have received several calls regarding a Task that is being sent to the Provider after recording an injection. The NDC (National Drug Code) is now required to be entered in the Administration Details of any Injection; if you do not enter the NDC, the system will send a Med Admin task to the provider as below.

If you double click on the task, you will be directed to the Record Administration screen so that the NDC# can be entered. That will remove the task from your list.

Where do you put the NDC#? See below, right underneath the Site and above the Expiration date.

So where do I find that pesky NDC#?

In most cases, the NDC# will be on the container and labeled as NDC#. It is an 11 digit number in 5-4-2 format. For example: NDC# 12345-6789-01. However, some companies will only list nine numbers as the NDC therefore requiring the provider to “fill in the blanks”. For example, the container reads “NDC 1234-123-01”. The provider has to place a zero in the first spot of the 5-4-2 format. In this example, the actual NDC# would be 01234-0123-01. Also, some manufacturers will not spell out the NDC on the container. They will include it as part of the bar code on the container. The bar code is listed with a series of numbers underneath it, and this would then generally be considered as the NDC#, keeping in mind that zero’s may have to be added if absent.

If there is a question as to what the NDC# is (maybe only partial information is on the container—9 numbers, etc.), then generally at the end of the patient package insert, the NDC#’s are listed in the “How Supplied” section. The NDC#’s for all product forms supplied are listed, and it would then be a matter of matching up the information to what is actually on hand.