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Hydrocortisone 5 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 197787

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 197787 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 39 FDA products 52 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

What you’re looking at: the standardized identity of one medicine, as the U.S. drug-data system sees it. Below — every FDA-listed product, package code, price benchmark, and billing code that maps to it.

🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI197787
Official nameHydrocortisone 5 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped39
Package NDCs mapped52
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)200,742 prescriptions · 52 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Hydrocortisone 5 MG Oral Tablet Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
This page's concept Hydrocortisone 5 MG Oral Tablet RxCUI 197787

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

  1. Ingredients 1

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Hydrocortisone 5492
  2. Brand names 1

    The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.

    • Cortef 202645
  3. Dose forms 9

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Hydrocortisone Oral Tablet 370649
    • Hydrocortisone Oral Product 1164007
    • Hydrocortisone Pill 1164010
    • Hydrocortisone Oral Tablet [Cortef] 369183
    • Cortef Oral Product 1170955
    • Cortef Pill 1170956
    • Oral Tablet 317541
    • Oral Product 1151131
    • +1 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 3

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 13 of 14 stored related concepts drawn.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

  • Hydrocortisone 5 MG SCDC · 317387
  • Hydrocortisone Oral Tablet SCDF · 370649
  • Hydrocortisone Oral Product SCDG · 1164007
  • Hydrocortisone Pill SCDG · 1164010

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Hydrocortisone 5 MG Oral Tablet [Cortef] SBD · 208680
  • Hydrocortisone 5 MG [Cortef] SBDC · 569343
  • Hydrocortisone Oral Tablet [Cortef] SBDF · 369183
  • Cortef Oral Product SBDG · 1170955
  • Cortef Pill SBDG · 1170956
  • Cortef BN · 202645

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

39 products · 52 package NDCs
52 package NDCs map to RxCUI 197787 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.
Package NDC Package Brand / generic name Labeler Marketing start
00009-0012-01 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (0009-0012-01) CORTEF Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC 1952-12-15
00009-0031-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (0009-0031-01) CORTEF Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC 1952-12-15
00009-0044-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (0009-0044-01) CORTEF Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC 1952-12-15
00115-1696-06 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0115-1696-06) HYDROCORTISONE Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC 2007-03-30
00115-1697-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0115-1697-01) HYDROCORTISONE Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC 2007-03-30
00115-1700-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0115-1700-01) HYDROCORTISONE Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC 2007-03-30
42543-0970-25 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (42543-970-25) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Inc. 2021-12-22
42543-0971-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (42543-971-06) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Inc. 2021-12-22
42543-0972-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (42543-972-06) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Inc. 2021-12-22
50268-0405-15 50 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX (50268-405-15) / 1 TABLET in 1 BLI... HYDROCORTISONE AvPAK 2023-01-31
50268-0406-15 50 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX (50268-406-15) / 1 TABLET in 1 BLI... HYDROCORTISONE AvPAK 2023-01-31
50268-0407-15 50 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX (50268-407-15) / 1 TABLET in 1 BLI... HYDROCORTISONE AvPAK 2023-01-31
59651-0413-50 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59651-413-50) HYDROCORTISONE Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2023-07-17
59651-0414-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59651-414-01) HYDROCORTISONE Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2023-07-17
59651-0415-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59651-415-01) HYDROCORTISONE Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2023-07-17
59762-0073-01 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59762-0073-1) Hydrocortisone Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2013-02-20
59762-0074-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59762-0074-1) Hydrocortisone Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2013-02-20
59762-0075-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (59762-0075-1) Hydrocortisone Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2013-02-20
60687-0582-01 100 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX, UNIT-DOSE (60687-582-01) / 1 TAB... Hydrocortisone American Health Packaging 2021-04-01
60687-0844-21 30 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (60687-844-21) / 1 TABLET in 1... Hydrocortisone American Health Packaging 2025-06-02
62135-0551-60 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (62135-551-60) Hydrocortisone Chartwell RX, LLC. 2023-03-13
62135-0552-90 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (62135-552-90) Hydrocortisone Chartwell RX, LLC. 2023-03-13
64380-0970-25 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (64380-970-25) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Science Limited 2020-09-25
64380-0971-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (64380-971-06) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Science Limited 2020-09-25
64380-0972-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (64380-972-06) Hydrocortisone Strides Pharma Science Limited 2020-09-25
68788-8455-03 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (68788-8455-3) HYDROCORTISONE Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2023-06-05
68788-8455-06 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (68788-8455-6) HYDROCORTISONE Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2023-06-05
68788-8455-09 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (68788-8455-9) HYDROCORTISONE Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2023-06-05
70954-0052-10 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (70954-052-10) Hydrocortisone ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2025-05-05
70954-0053-10 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (70954-053-10) Hydrocortisone ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2025-05-05
70954-0054-10 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (70954-054-10) Hydrocortisone ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2025-05-05
71335-1989-01 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-1) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2024-07-18
71335-1989-02 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-2) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2024-07-18
71335-1989-03 58 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-3) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2024-07-18
71335-1989-04 28 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-4) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2024-07-18
71335-1989-05 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-5) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2021-11-11
71335-1989-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (71335-1989-6) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2024-07-18
71335-2770-01 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-1) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71335-2770-02 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-2) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71335-2770-03 58 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-3) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71335-2770-04 28 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-4) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71335-2770-05 60 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-5) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71335-2770-06 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71335-2770-6) HYDROCORTISONE Bryant Ranch Prepack 2025-10-03
71930-0078-50 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71930-078-50) hydrocortisone Eywa Pharma Inc 2022-10-07
71930-0079-12 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71930-079-12) hydrocortisone Eywa Pharma Inc 2022-10-07
71930-0080-12 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (71930-080-12) hydrocortisone Eywa Pharma Inc 2022-10-07
72789-0227-50 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-227-50) Hydrocortisone PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-12-22
72789-0228-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-228-01) Hydrocortisone PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-12-22
72789-0229-01 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (72789-229-01) Hydrocortisone PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-12-22
76420-0028-50 50 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (76420-028-50) Hydrocortisone Asclemed USA, Inc. 2019-12-24
Observed labelers: Bryant Ranch Prepack (12) · Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC (3) · ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (3) · Asclemed USA, Inc. (3) · Aurobindo Pharma Limited (3) · AvPAK (3) · +9 more — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7
openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1
  • A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
  • Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
  • Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
  • Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
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