Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ARDS

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A severe pulmonary condition captured in inpatient claims and EHR data using ICD-10 code J80. ARDS is relevant in hospital severity scoring, DRG assignment, and risk stratification models. Data engineers encounter ARDS in ICU utilization datasets, readmission analytics, and COVID-19 clinical outcome studies.

Standard Abbreviation

ARDS

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  ards VARCHAR(100),  -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  ards as acute_respiratory_distress_syndrome
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
ards

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  ards         VARCHAR(100),  -- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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