consultation scheduled time

consult_sched_tm

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The planned time for a specialist opinion request. Used to track temporal information related to consultation scheduled time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for consultation management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

consult_sched_tm

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  consult_sched_tm VARCHAR(100),  -- consultation scheduled time (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  consult_sched_tm as consultation_scheduled_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
consultation_scheduled_time

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  consultation_scheduled_time VARCHAR(100),  -- consultation scheduled time (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.

Looking for more healthcare terms?

Browse our complete library of 100,000+ standardized healthcare data terms

Browse All Terms