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cardiology onset date

card_onset_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The symptom start date for a heart specialty care. Used to track temporal information related to cardiology onset date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for cardiology management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

card_onset_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  card_onset_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- cardiology onset date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  card_onset_dt as cardiology_onset_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
cardiology_onset_date

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  cardiology_onset_date VARCHAR(255),  -- cardiology onset 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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