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availability adjustment amount

avail_adj_amt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The modification value for a open time status. Used to capture financial data associated with availability transactions. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for availability management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

avail_adj_amt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  avail_adj_amt VARCHAR(100),  -- availability adjustment amount
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  avail_adj_amt as availability_adjustment_amount
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
availability_adjustment_amount

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  availability_adjustment_amount VARCHAR(255),  -- availability adjustment amount
  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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