Identifiers used for Manufactured Product CCDD concepts

Hello
thankyou for pointing this out. i have edited the applicable para below.

Health Canada has agreed to change the CCDD identifier for the Manufactured product codes created solely for use in CCDD from 6 digits to 8. This will align with the other MP identifiers.
And to minimize the challenge when stakeholders inadvertently drop the leading zero, we will change the identifier patter from "7xxxxx" to "777xxxxx". in other words, we will take the existing identifiers and add 2 sevens to the front of the identifier. This will impact anyone who has mapped or used these codes.

Regards
Beverly

Hi Bev,

The first line "...solely for use in CCDD from 6 digits to And to minimize..." seems to have been cut off - from 6 digits to ?

Thanks

Hi
This is a follow up to the forum post from about a month ago - which can be found here: infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/forum/214-medication-management/2178-potential-drug-identifier-conflicts-as-a-result-of-dropping-leading-zeros-used-in-dins

Health Canada has agreed to change the CCDD identifier for the Manufactured product codes created solely for use in CCDD from 6 digits to And to minimize the challenge when stakeholders inadvertently drop the leading zero, we will change the identifier patter from "7xxxxx" to "777xxxxx". in other words, we will take the existing identifiers and add 2 sevens to the front of the identifier. This will impact anyone who has mapped or used these codes.

This change will occur in the next couple of months. There will be more communication on this when we decide which month to make the change.

It is important for stakeholders to be aware that the identifiers with leading zeros and published by Health Canada should NOT ever be changed (including inadvertently).

if anyone has any questions, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

thankyou
Beverly