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credit effective date

cr_eff_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The active beginning date for a overpayment or reduction. Used to track temporal information related to credit effective date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for credit management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

cr_eff_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  cr_eff_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- credit effective date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  cr_eff_dt as credit_effective_date
FROM claims;

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