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Healthcare Data Glossary — 100,000+ Terms

100,000+ standardized healthcare data terms and abbreviations

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Clinical

EHR, ICD-10, LOINC, SNOMED CT, patient care and clinical documentation

Operations

Scheduling, facilities, departments, workflows, and staff

Claims

ICD-10, CPT, EDI 837/835, adjudication and remittance

Member

Enrollment, eligibility, demographics and plan attribution

Pharmacy

NDC codes, dispensing, PBM, RxNorm and formulary management

Quality

HEDIS, Stars ratings, measures, outcomes and accreditation

Finance

Revenue, costs, budgets, invoices and capitation

Provider

NPI, credentialing, taxonomy and provider networks

Laboratory

Lab results, specimens, LOINC codes and pathology

Supply

Inventory, equipment, devices and procurement

Technology

Systems, databases, interfaces and data standards

Behavioral

Mental health, substance use, psychology and counseling

Population

Public health, prevention, epidemiology and wellness

Featured Terms

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summary risk

summ_rskclinical

A scored or categorized assessment of the likelihood or severity of an adverse clinical, financial, or operational outcome as captured in a summary record. Used in care management stratification, underwriting, utilization review, and population health programs to prioritize interventions and allocate resources to high-risk individuals.

report start date

rpt_start_dttechnology

The effective beginning date of the data period or clinical activity captured in a structured clinical summary. Used across EHR, claims, and pharmacy systems to define reporting windows; data engineers rely on this field for partitioning and time-series filtering.

reaction pulse

rxn_pulsepharmacy

The heart rate value for a physiological response. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for reaction management and reporting.

snomed taxonomy code

snomed_tax_cdclinical

A hierarchical classification code that places a SNOMED CT concept within its clinical taxonomy, such as clinical finding, procedure, or body structure. Supports structured navigation of SNOMED CT hierarchies, enabling subsumption queries, grouping of related concepts, and ontology-driven clinical reporting.

problem datetime

prob_dttmclinical

The combined date and timestamp recording when an active health condition was documented in EHR problem list tables. Captures hour and minute precision to support clinical event sequencing, audit trail requirements, and time-sensitive condition tracking across inpatient and ambulatory data pipelines.

floor risk

flr_rskoperations

Assessed danger or risk level assigned to a patient during their hospital floor stay, such as fall risk, pressure injury risk, or deterioration risk. Used in inpatient clinical workflows to trigger preventive interventions, assign care protocols, and support patient safety reporting and quality improvement initiatives.

infectious disease time

id_tmclinical

The specific time of day associated with an infectious disease clinical event, such as symptom onset, specimen collection, medication administration, or care encounter, used to sequence events accurately in clinical documentation and outbreak investigation timelines.

refill description

rfll_descpharmacy

Provides a textual explanation of the prescription refill type, status, or characteristics in PBM, pharmacy, and EHR systems. Data engineers use this field to enhance data lineage documentation, support code-to-description mapping in reference tables, and improve interpretability of refill classification codes in analytics pipelines.

technician sex

tech_sexclinical

The biological sex of a healthcare technician as recorded in workforce or credentialing systems. Used in staff demographic reporting, workforce analytics, and compliance tracking for radiology, pharmacy, laboratory, and other clinical support technician roles.

triage mobile

triage_mobclinical

The mobile phone number recorded during emergency department or urgent care triage intake for a patient. Used to contact patients or caregivers regarding care status, follow-up instructions, or appointment scheduling following initial clinical priority assessment.

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