Stream: implementers
Topic: Code system for US DEA numbers
Cooper Thompson (Mar 02 2018 at 22:01):
Does anyone know of an official code system for the US DEA numbers? I don't see one in the terminology system registry. https://www.deanumber.com/ looks like the leading candidate based on google, but I'm not familiar with what might be needed on the terminology side to make that somewhat official.
Grahame Grieve (Mar 02 2018 at 22:02):
I'd prefer a .gov link for that, but I don't feel strongly about that
Robert McClure (Mar 03 2018 at 00:02):
I feel strongly. That is not what we should use. DOJ controls DEA numbers and DEA is a part of DOJ. This is the landing page: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/index.html
Rob Hausam (Mar 03 2018 at 00:07):
DEA numbers are identifiers, not a code system. I believe that the URL that Rob M. referenced would be the best to use for Identifier.system.
Grahame Grieve (Mar 03 2018 at 00:08):
even that page is less then thrilling. It's very definitely a web page not a permlink. Is there anyone at DEA we can request a permalink from? or should we define http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-dea ?
Eric Haas (Mar 03 2018 at 00:10):
You can't just go online and look up your DEA like you can your NPI or in my case state vet license. So why not a fhir based uri like we did for SSN (United States Social Security Number http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-ssn) ??
http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/us-dea ????
Eric Haas (Mar 03 2018 at 00:11):
At least its consistent
Rob Hausam (Mar 03 2018 at 00:12):
Yes, we might want to go ahead and define that. I'm not aware that the DEA has anything else official, but I guess we could try to check - I don't know any contacts there. I don't think there's a way to do a general search for a DEA (at least not from the official site), but if you know the DEA (like my own) you can verify it at https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/webforms/validateLogin.jsp
Eric Haas (Mar 03 2018 at 00:13):
I tried to get somebody at CDC to Ok a uri like this instead of the some OID for an IG and they kept passing the buck so I gave up/ ran out of time. It may take a while if we let the feds decide and choose.
Eric Haas (Mar 03 2018 at 00:14):
And thanks Rob I need to do that.... :-) I've been using a handwritten copy of mine forever and never bothered to check if its legit.
Rob Hausam (Mar 03 2018 at 00:15):
If you don't, somebody else might bother :)
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