children

MCP tool from Medical Codes MCP Server by cyanheads

, nametorxcui, and rxcuitondc can return large sets and paginate — a product can carry thousands of package NDCs; pass a response's nextCursor back as cursor (with an optional limit) to walk the full set

How to use it

children is exposed by the Medical Codes MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the children tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Medical Codes MCP Server

$docker run --rm -e MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=stdio medical-codes-mcp-server

FULL MEDICAL CODES MCP SERVER LISTING

Other tools in Medical Codes MCP Server (7)

includeHierarchy

attaches each code's parent and immediate children

medcode_browse_hierarchy

Walk a system's hierarchy for discovery without a search term.

medcode_check_code

Validate a code's existence, currency, and billability, with a whyNot for non-billable/terminated cases.

medcode_get_code

Decode 1–50 codes to their official descriptions. Auto-detects the system per code; partial-success found / notFound.

medcode_list_systems

List bundled systems with release identifiers, effective dates, and code counts (provenance).

medcode_map_codes

Crosswalk a code within its hierarchy (parents/children) or a drug across RxNorm (name ↔ RXCUI, NDC ↔ RXCUI, RXCUI → ingredients/brands).

medcode_search_codes

Full-text search over official descriptions — go from a clinical description to the code.