What is the dm+d?

The Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) is an interoperability standard (ISB 0052).

It allows diverse clinical systems to ‘talk’ to each other using a common coded language for the transfer of medicines information.

The dm+d provides this common language using identifying codes with associated written descriptions. Effectively, it is a dictionary of descriptions and codes which represent medicines and devices in use across the NHS.