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episode surgery date

epsd_surg_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

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

Standard Abbreviation

epsd_surg_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  epsd_surg_dt as episode_surgery_date
FROM claims;

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