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Optum National Drug Code API

The National Drug Code API API from Optum — 1 operation(s) for national drug code api.

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GET /api/optum/common/{code}/ndc Fetches the national drug code table data #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Optum National Drug Code API
  version: v1.0
  contact:
    name: Ken Kracker
    email: ken.kracker@optum.com
  description: 'Operations tagged National Drug Code API across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: optum-optum-common-facility-openapi.yml, optum-optum-common-physician-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /v1/optumcommonms
tags:
- name: National Drug Code API
paths:
  /api/optum/common/{code}/ndc:
    get:
      tags:
      - National Drug Code API
      summary: Fetches the national drug code table data
      operationId: fetchNationalDrugCodeList
      parameters:
      - name: code
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: J0121
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 1
      - name: size
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 50
      - name: yyyy-MM-dd
        in: header
        description: Date for which historical data is required
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: yyyy-MM-dd
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Fetch national drug code list
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                content:
                - ndc: '71715000101'
                  genericName: Omadacycline
                  brandName: NUZYRA
                  mfg: PARATEK PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
                - ndc: '71715000102'
                  genericName: Omadacycline
                  brandName: NUZYRA
                  mfg: PARATEK PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
                totalCount: 2
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                timestamp: '2024-08-22T07:29:21.890+00:00'
                status: 500
                error: Internal Server Error
                message: 'Request processing failed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Page index must not be less than zero'
                path: /optumcommonms/api/optum/common/ndc/J0121
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
    servers:
    - url: /v1/optumcommonms
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-refined-from:
- optum-optum-common-facility-openapi.yml
- optum-optum-common-physician-openapi.yml
x-readme:
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true