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encounter surgery date

enc_surg_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The operative procedure date for a healthcare service interaction. Used to track temporal information related to encounter surgery date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for encounter management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

enc_surg_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  enc_surg_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- encounter surgery date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  enc_surg_dt as encounter_surgery_date
FROM claims;

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