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beneficiary modified time
benf_mod_tmgeneral
Updated 3/30/2026
Definition
The record update time for a insurance coverage recipient. Used to track temporal information related to beneficiary modified time. 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_mod_tm
Category
general
Database Usage
-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
clm_id VARCHAR(50),
benf_mod_tm VARCHAR(100), -- beneficiary modified time
...
);
-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
clm_id,
benf_mod_tm as beneficiary_modified_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
benf_mod_tm
-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
record_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
benf_mod_tm VARCHAR(255), -- beneficiary modified 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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