Pharmacy Tertiary Dispenser Type Code

SAS Name
TERTIARY_DISPENSER_TYPE

This variable describes the tertiary type of pharmacy that filled the prescription, if applicable.

Providers are not required by NCPDP to specify a tertiary dispenser type.

Comments

For each pharmacy, there is information for up to three dispenser types (see PRIMARY_DISPENSER_TYPE and SECONDARY_DISPENSER_TYPE variables).

Additional details regarding the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) source data are available at: http://dataq.ncpdp.org/.

Source: NCDPD DataQ™

Code Code value
01 Community/retail pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy where pharmacists store, prepare, and
dispense medicinal preparations and/or prescriptions for a local patient population in accordance
with federal and state law.
04 Long-term care pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that dispenses medicinal preparations
delivered to patients residing within an intermediate or skilled nursing facility, including
intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded, hospice, assisted living facilities, group homes,
and other forms of congregate living arrangements
05 Mail-order pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy where pharmacists compound or dispense
prescriptions or other medications in accordance with federal and state law, using common
carriers to deliver the medications to patient or their caregivers.
06 Home infusion therapy provider, defined as a pharmacy-based, decentralized patient care
organization with expertise in USP 797-compliant sterile drug compounding that provides care to
patients with acute or chronic conditions generally pertaining to parenteral administration of
drugs, biologics and nutritional formulae administered through catheters and/or needles in home
and alternate sites.
07 Non-pharmacy dispensing site, defined as a site other than a pharmacy that dispenses medicinal
preparations under the supervision of a physician to patients for self-administration (for example,
physician offices, emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and rural health facilities).
08 Indian Health Service/tribal/urban Indian health (I/T/U) pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy
operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian
organization, all of which are defined in Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25
U.S.C. 1603.
09 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pharmacy, defined as any place under VA jurisdiction where
drugs are dispensed and pharmaceutical care is provided to enrolled veterans, by licensed
pharmacists. VA pharmacies include inpatient (institutional), outpatient, consolidated mail
outpatient pharmacies, research, addiction treatment centers, long-term care and community-based outpatient clinic pharmacies.
11 Institutional pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy in a hospital (inpatient) or institution used by
pharmacists for the compounding and delivery of medicinal preparations to be administered to
the patient by nursing or other authorized personnel.
12 Managed Care Organization (MCO) pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy owned by an MCO and used
by pharmacists for the compounding and dispensing of medicinal preparations to that MCO’s
covered members only.
13 DME supplier, defined as a supplier of medical equipment such as respirators, wheelchairs, home
dialysis systems, or monitoring systems, that are prescribed by a physician for a patient’s use.
14 Clinic pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy in a clinic, emergency room, or hospital (outpatient) that
dispenses medications to patients for self-administration under the supervision of a pharmacist.
15 Specialty pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that dispenses generally low-volume and high-cost
medicinal preparations to patients who are undergoing intensive therapies for illnesses that are
generally chronic, complex and potentially life threatening.
16 Nuclear pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy dedicated to the compounding and dispensing of
radioactive materials for use in nuclear imaging and nuclear medical procedures.
17 Military/U.S. Coast Guard pharmacy, defined as a Department of Defense (DoD) or U.S. Coast
Guard entity whose primary function is to store, prepare and dispense pharmaceuticals and other
associated items to Uniformed Services beneficiaries. These pharmacies may be associated with a
DoD or U.S. Coast Guard clinic, DoD hospital or freestanding facility.
18 Compounding pharmacy, defined as a pharmacy that specializes in the preparation of
components into a drug preparation. A compounding pharmacy utilizes specialized equipment
and specially designed facilities necessary to meet the legal and quality requirements of its scope
of compounding practice.
19 Oxygen Equipment
20 Nursing Facility Services
21 Customized Equipment
22 Dialysis Equipment
23 Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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