Ambulatory Care

ambul_care

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

Healthcare services provided to patients who are not admitted overnight, recorded across EHR, claims, and enrollment data systems using place-of-service codes such as CMS POS 11 or 22. Ambulatory care encounters drive outpatient claims adjudication, HEDIS measure calculations, and population health analytics in value-based care models.

Standard Abbreviation

ambul_care

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  ambul_care VARCHAR(100),  -- Ambulatory Care (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  ambul_care as ambulatory_care
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
ambul_care

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  ambul_care   VARCHAR(100),  -- Ambulatory Care (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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