Meropenem 2000 MG Injection — RxCUI 2664894
RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 2664894
Semantic clinical drug · SCD
● Current RxNorm concept 3 FDA products
3 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
RxCUI2664894
Official nameMeropenem 2000 MG Injection
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asmeropenem 2 GM Injection
FDA products mapped3
Package NDCs mapped3
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)375 prescriptions · 9 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026
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Our pharmacist-built guide to Meropenem Injection: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Meropenem 2000 MG Injection 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
Meropenem 2000 MG Injection
RxCUI 2664894 Semantic clinical drug · SCD
Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.
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Ingredients 1
The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
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Meropenem
29561IN
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Meropenem
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Dose forms 4
The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
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Meropenem Injection
1722933SCDF -
Meropenem Injectable Product
1165713SCDG -
Injection
1649574DF -
Injectable Product
1151126DFG
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Meropenem Injection
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Clinical & branded drugs 1
Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
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Meropenem 2000 MG
2664893SCDC
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Meropenem 2000 MG
Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 6 of 6 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
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Meropenem 2000 MG
SCDC · 2664893 -
Meropenem Injection
SCDF · 1722933 -
Meropenem Injectable Product
SCDG · 1165713
📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs
3 products · 3 package NDCs
3 package NDCs map to RxCUI 2664894 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44567-0402-06 | 6 VIAL in 1 CARTON (44567-402-06) / 1 INJECTION, POWDER, FO... | Meropenem | WG Critical Care, LLC | 2023-09-08 |
| 72078-0081-06 | 6 INJECTION in 1 CARTON (72078-081-06) | Meropenem | Mylan Institutional LLC | 2025-07-01 |
| 81962-0002-08 | 6 INJECTION in 1 CARTON (81962-002-08) | Meropenem | BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED | 2025-06-27 |
Observed labelers:
BROOKS STERISCIENCE LIMITED (1) ·
Mylan Institutional LLC (1) ·
WG Critical Care, LLC (1)
— this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
🧾 Billing Codes (HCPCS)
Medical billing codes (HCPCS "J-codes") that connect to this concept's packages — used mostly when a clinic or hospital bills for a drug it administers. Each code links to its full billing page.
| Code | Descriptor | Mapped packages | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| J2183 | Inj meropenem (wg crit care) | 2 | CMS |
⚠ A crosswalk is not coverage: an NDC↔HCPCS mapping does not guarantee any payer covers or pays the code. Always verify the current payer policy before billing.
🗃️ 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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