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Abbreviation
Healthcare

beneficiary start date

benf_start_dt

Usage Notes

Insurance coverage recipient - Beginning date value

Global Definition

The beginning date value for a insurance coverage recipient. Used to track temporal information related to beneficiary start date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for beneficiary management and reporting.

Sources

Healthcare Data Standards & Best Practices

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● application/json
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  "abbreviation": "benf_start_dt",
  "fullTerm": "beneficiary start date",
  "domain": "healthcare",
  "metadata": {
    "hasDefinition": true,
    "type": "acronym"
  }
}