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coverage discharge date

cov_dsch_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The hospital release date for a insurance protection scope. Used to track temporal information related to coverage discharge date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for coverage management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

cov_dsch_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  cov_dsch_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- coverage discharge date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  cov_dsch_dt as coverage_discharge_date
FROM claims;

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