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approval surgery date

appr_surg_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The operative procedure date for a service permission grant. Used to track temporal information related to approval surgery date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for approval management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

appr_surg_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  appr_surg_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- approval surgery date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  appr_surg_dt as approval_surgery_date
FROM claims;

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