DAW Codes Explained by a Pharmacist (What They Don’t Teach You)
have you seen Daw written on your prescription and you want to know what it is there’s actually several different codes so let’s go through it first things first Daw means dispense as written and we have 10 of them the first one.
is daw 0 this just means you can usually just dispense whatever is written which is usually the generic if it’s available next is daw1 that means if your doctor writes this even if the generic is cheaper I can’t substitute it unless I get permission from the doctor and some doctors nurses or people that.
work at the office they may accidentally click this and it causes that we have to call them because a patient’s not going to pay $1,000 for a medication next is daw2 because the pharmacy always has to dispense the generic if bits available the patient has to request the brand name if they want it so yes.
if you didn’t know you do have a choice to choose between the generic or the brand but unless you had some severe side effect with the generic your insurance is not going to cover the brand name and then number three is substitution.
allowed pharmacist selected product dispense and this usually what you may see when you’re changing manufacturers da aw4 so if the generic medication’s not in stock and the brand is able to be dispensed the patient’s able to pick it up you can choose that one and this is just when the doctor okays that you can.
dispense the generic but you dispense the brand number six is override honestly I don’t know what that is used for Daw 7 is pretty much the law prevents the patient from getting the generic and Daw number 8 is pretty much.
that there’s just no generic available even if the provider says it’s okay to switch to generic then number nine is other which again I have no idea what that means.
