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Drug Class
CLASSIFIES THE DRUG ACCORDING TO AVAILABILITY TO THE PATIENT.USER NOTE: THIS IS FIRST DATA BANK DATA NATIONAL DRUG DATA FILE (NDDF) ELEMENT "CL".
Code
Code value
BLANK
UNSPECIFIED
O
OVER THE COUNTER (THIS VALUE IS AN ALHPA LETTER 'O')
F
PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED (THIS VALUE IS AN ALPHA LETTER 'F')