# Medicare Program; Identification of Backward Compatible Version of Adopted Standard for E-Prescribing and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program (NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6)
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Interim final rule with comment period. · Published 2010-07-01 · Effective 2010-07-01 · 75 FR 38026
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-15505
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 38026
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 423
- **Publication date:** 2010-07-01
- **Effective date:** 2010-07-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-0023-IFC
## Abstract

This interim final rule with comment period identifies the National Council for the Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Prescriber/ Pharmacist Interface SCRIPT standard, Implementation Guide, Version 10, Release 6 (Version 10.6), hereafter referred to as "NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6," as a backward compatible update of the adopted NCPDP SCRIPT 8.1. This interim final rule with comment period therefore permits the voluntary use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 for conducting certain e-prescribing transactions for the Medicare Part D electronic prescription drug program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/07/01/2010-15505/medicare-program-identification-of-backward-compatible-version-of-adopted-standard-for-e-prescribing)
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