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beneficiary coinsurance amount
benf_coins_amtgeneral
Updated 3/30/2026
Definition
The shared cost value for a insurance coverage recipient. Used to capture financial data associated with beneficiary transactions. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for beneficiary management and reporting.
Standard Abbreviation
benf_coins_amt
Category
general
Database Usage
-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
clm_id VARCHAR(50),
benf_coins_amt VARCHAR(100), -- beneficiary coinsurance amount
...
);
-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
clm_id,
benf_coins_amt as beneficiary_coinsurance_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
beneficiary_coinsurance_amount
-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
record_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
beneficiary_coinsurance_amount VARCHAR(255), -- beneficiary coinsurance 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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