Pharmacy

The NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code designating a pharmacist's specialty or practice area, such as 183500000X for Pharmacist, used in claims submission, provider directory maintenance, and network credentialing to classify pharmacy provider type.

The recorded storage or ambient temperature value documented by a pharmacist during medication handling or cold chain management, ensuring drug integrity compliance for temperature-sensitive medications such as vaccines, biologics, and specialty drugs.

The date on which a pharmacist's employment, contract, or participation in a pharmacy network was ended, recorded in provider credentialing and workforce systems to manage network eligibility, claims liability periods, and licensure status updates.

Time-of-day value capturing when a licensed pharmacist performed a service or when a pharmacy transaction was recorded in EHR, PBM, and claims systems. Data engineers use this field alongside service date to construct precise event timestamps, support real-time adjudication auditing, and analyze pharmacy workflow throughput patterns.

Date and time a licensed pharmacist performed or validated a dispensing action in pharmacy or PBM systems. Critical for audit trails, regulatory compliance, and reconciling dispensing events across EHR, pharmacy, and claims platforms.

The professional or academic title held by a licensed pharmacist, such as PharmD, RPh, or Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, recorded in provider credentialing and directory systems to reflect qualifications, scope of practice, and professional designation.

Aggregated sum attributed to a licensed pharmacist within PBM or pharmacy systems, such as total prescriptions dispensed or total drug cost managed. Used in provider performance reporting, cost analytics, and pharmacy network reconciliation workflows.

The aggregate number of pharmacists, prescriptions reviewed, interventions made, or services rendered within a defined reporting period, used in pharmacy workforce analytics, quality reporting, and operational capacity planning for pharmacy programs.

Classification code identifying the pharmacist role or specialty within pharmacy and PBM systems, such as clinical, retail, or compounding pharmacist. Used for credentialing, network configuration, and role-based filtering in provider data pipelines.

Unit of measure associated with a pharmacist's recorded activity in pharmacy or PBM systems, such as dispense quantity, dosage units, or billing units. Required for accurate drug quantity reconciliation and downstream claims adjudication processing.

The most recent date on which a pharmacist's record was modified in a credentialing, directory, or pharmacy management system, used to track data currency, audit record changes, and ensure provider information reflects current licensure and employment status.

The clinical urgency level assigned to a pharmacist's intervention or prescription review, indicating how quickly action is needed to address a drug therapy problem, medication error, or patient safety concern identified during pharmaceutical care delivery.

A discrete data point attributed to a licensed pharmacist in pharmacy, PBM, or EHR systems, such as a dispensing quantity, cost figure, or clinical metric. Used in performance tracking, audit reporting, and pharmacy utilization analytics pipelines.

The version number of a pharmacist's record within a healthcare data system, used to track successive updates to credentialing, licensure, or demographic information and support audit trails for regulatory compliance and data integrity management.

The five or nine-digit postal ZIP code associated with a licensed pharmacist's practice or employer location, used in provider directory maintenance, geographic network analysis, claims routing, and regional pharmacy workforce distribution reporting.

Recognition granted by accrediting organizations such as URAC, ACHC, or The Joint Commission to pharmacies meeting defined standards for quality, safety, patient services, and operational practices. Specialty pharmacy and mail order pharmacy accreditation is required for participation in many health plan preferred pharmacy networks and limited distribution drug programs.

The physical location address of a pharmacy including street address, city, state, and zip code. Used in NCPDP pharmacy directory records, network adequacy analysis, and pharmacy claims data to identify dispensing location. Required for CMS network adequacy reporting and state pharmacy licensure.

Monetary value representing a pharmacy-related charge, reimbursement, or cost within billing and claims systems, including ingredient cost, dispensing fee, or copay. Used by data engineers for pharmacy spend analytics, adjudication reconciliation, and financial reporting pipelines.

A multidisciplinary clinical committee composed of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals responsible for developing and maintaining a health plan or health system drug formulary, evaluating clinical evidence for new drug approvals, determining tier placement, establishing utilization management criteria, and monitoring drug safety signals and formulary performance. P and T committee decisions directly affect drug coverage and prescribing patterns.

The calculated mean value of a specific pharmacy metric such as average prescription cost, average days supply, or average dispensing fee across a defined time period. Used in PBM analytics, pharmacy network performance reporting, and drug cost trend analysis.