benefit admission date

bnft_admn_dt

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The hospital entry date for a covered service or item. Used to track when benefit admission date in healthcare data systems.

Standard Abbreviation

bnft_admn_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  bnft_admn_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- benefit admission date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  bnft_admn_dt as benefit_admission_date
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
bnft_admn_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  bnft_admn_dt VARCHAR(255),  -- benefit admission date
  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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