_dta: 1. coding_changes20182 set up by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 9 Feb 2018 2. NBER URL: http://www.nber.org/data/ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-dme.html 3. Source Page: https://www.dmepdac.com/crosswalk/index.html https://www.dmepdac.com/crosswalk/2018.html ndc: 1. The National Drug Code (NDC) serves as a universal product identifier for human drugs and biologics. 2. Each NDC must be reported as an 11-digit code unique to the manufacturer of the specific drug or product. ndcdash: 1. The National Drug Code (NDC) serves as a universal product identifier for human drugs and biologics. 2. Each NDC must be reported as an 11-digit code unique to the manufacturer of the specific drug or product. obs: 0 vars: 4 9 Feb 2018 15:56 size: 0 (_dta has notes) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ndc str13 %13s * National Drug Code (NDC) ndcdash str13 %13s * National Drug Code (NDC) with Dashes oldhcpcs str5 %9s Old HCPCS newhcpcs str4 %9s New HCPCS * indicated variables have notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: ndc