---
id: "ukbnfcode"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["medical"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 38
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ukbnfcode"
---

# BNF code (`ukbnfcode`)

The British National Formulary (BNF) is a reference book containing the standard list of medicines used in UK prescribing. It gives information on the indications, dosages and side effects for over 70,000 medicines.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Medical/pharma identifiers (medical)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 1 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `bnfcode` (field, `gb/gb_med.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`
- `metacrafterpro`

## Sources

- other: <https://www.thedatalab.org/blog/2017/04/prescribing-data-bnf-codes/>

## Quality

Score 38/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, authoritative source link, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ukbnfcode.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/GB/medical/ukbnfcode.yaml>