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SAS Name
TERTIARY_DISPENSER_TYPE
This variable describes the tertiary type of pharmacy that filled the prescription, if applicable.
Providers are not required by NCPDP to specify a tertiary dispenser type.
Source: NCDPD DataQ™
| Code | Code value |
|---|---|
| 01 | Community/retail pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy where pharmacists store, prepare, and dispense medicinal preparations and/or prescriptions for a local patient population in accordance with federal and state law. |
| 04 | Long-term care pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that dispenses medicinal preparations delivered to patients residing within an intermediate or skilled nursing facility, including intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded, hospice, assisted living facilities, group homes, and other forms of congregate living arrangements |
| 05 | Mail-order pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy where pharmacists compound or dispense prescriptions or other medications in accordance with federal and state law, using common carriers to deliver the medications to patient or their caregivers. |
| 06 | Home infusion therapy provider, defined as a pharmacy-based, decentralized patient care organization with expertise in USP 797-compliant sterile drug compounding that provides care to patients with acute or chronic conditions generally pertaining to parenteral administration of drugs, biologics and nutritional formulae administered through catheters and/or needles in home and alternate sites. |
| 07 | Non-pharmacy dispensing site, defined as a site other than a pharmacy that dispenses medicinal preparations under the supervision of a physician to patients for self-administration (for example, physician offices, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and rural health facilities). |
| 08 | Indian Health Service/tribal/urban Indian health (I/T/U) pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization, all of which are defined in Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1603. |
| 09 | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pharmacy, defined as any place under VA jurisdiction where drugs are dispensed and pharmaceutical care is provided to enrolled veterans, by licensed pharmacists. VA pharmacies include inpatient (institutional), outpatient, consolidated mail outpatient pharmacies, research, addiction treatment centers, long-term care and community-based outpatient clinic pharmacies. |
| 11 | Institutional pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy in a hospital (inpatient) or institution used by pharmacists for the compounding and delivery of medicinal preparations to be administered to the patient by nursing or other authorized personnel. |
| 12 | Managed Care Organization (MCO) pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy owned by an MCO and used by pharmacists for the compounding and dispensing of medicinal preparations to that MCO’s covered members only. |
| 13 | DME supplier, defined as a supplier of medical equipment such as respirators, wheelchairs, home dialysis systems, or monitoring systems, that are prescribed by a physician for a patient’s use. |
| 14 | Clinic pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy in a clinic, emergency room, or hospital (outpatient) that dispenses medications to patients for self-administration under the supervision of a pharmacist. |
| 15 | Specialty pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that dispenses generally low-volume and high-cost medicinal preparations to patients who are undergoing intensive therapies for illnesses that are generally chronic, complex and potentially life threatening. |
| 16 | Nuclear pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy dedicated to the compounding and dispensing of radioactive materials for use in nuclear imaging and nuclear medical procedures. |
| 17 | Military/U.S. Coast Guard pharmacy, defined as a Department of Defense (DoD) or U.S. Coast Guard entity whose primary function is to store, prepare and dispense pharmaceuticals and other associated items to Uniformed Services beneficiaries. These pharmacies may be associated with a DoD or U.S. Coast Guard clinic, DoD hospital or freestanding facility. |
| 18 | Compounding pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that specializes in the preparation of components into a drug preparation. A compounding pharmacy utilizes specialized equipment and specially designed facilities necessary to meet the legal and quality requirements of its scope of compounding practice. |
| 19 | Oxygen Equipment |
| 20 | Nursing Facility Services |
| 21 | Customized Equipment |
| 22 | Dialysis Equipment |
| 23 | Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
| Null/missing | Unknown |
For each pharmacy, there is information for up to three dispenser types (reference PRIMARY_DISPENSER_TYPE and SECONDARY_DISPENSER_TYPE variables).
Additional details regarding the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) source data are available at: http://dataq.ncpdp.org/.