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benefit subtotal
bnft_subtotgeneral
Updated 3/30/2026
Definition
The partial sum value for a covered service or item. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for benefit management and reporting.
Standard Abbreviation
bnft_subtot
Category
general
Database Usage
-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
clm_id VARCHAR(50),
bnft_subtot VARCHAR(100), -- benefit subtotal
...
);
-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
clm_id,
bnft_subtot as benefit_subtotal
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_subtot
-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
record_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
bnft_subtot VARCHAR(255), -- benefit subtotal
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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