encounter paid date

enc_pd_dt

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The payment date for a healthcare service interaction. Used to track temporal information related to encounter paid 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_pd_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  enc_pd_dt DATE,  -- encounter paid date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  enc_pd_dt as encounter_paid_date
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
enc_pd_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  enc_pd_dt    DATE,  -- encounter paid date (date only, no time)
  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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