admission comment

admn_cmt

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A free-text notation field captured at the time of hospital inpatient admission, documenting supplementary clinical or administrative information not captured in structured fields. Used in EHR systems, ADT event logs, and care management platforms for contextual documentation and audit trails.

Standard Abbreviation

admn_cmt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  admn_cmt VARCHAR(255),  -- admission comment (max 255 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  admn_cmt as admission_comment
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
admn_cmt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  admn_cmt     VARCHAR(255),  -- admission comment (max 255 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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