authorization scheduled time

auth_sched_tm

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The planned time for a service pre-approval. Used to track temporal information related to authorization scheduled time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for authorization management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

auth_sched_tm

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  auth_sched_tm VARCHAR(100),  -- authorization scheduled time
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  auth_sched_tm as authorization_scheduled_time
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
authorization_scheduled_time

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  authorization_scheduled_time VARCHAR(255),  -- authorization scheduled time
  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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