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carrier plan
carr_plngeneral
Updated 3/30/2026
Definition
The treatment strategy text for a insurance company. 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 carrier management and reporting.
Standard Abbreviation
carr_pln
Category
general
Database Usage
-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
clm_id VARCHAR(50),
carr_pln VARCHAR(100), -- carrier plan (max 100 chars)
...
);
-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
clm_id,
carr_pln as carrier_plan
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
carr_pln
-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
record_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
carr_pln VARCHAR(100), -- carrier plan (max 100 chars)
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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