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finding balance

fndg_bal
clinical
Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The outstanding amount owed for a clinical assessment result. Used to capture financial data associated with finding transactions. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for finding management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

fndg_bal

Category

clinical

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  fndg_bal VARCHAR(100),  -- finding balance (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  fndg_bal as finding_balance
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

  • Risk stratification and population health analytics
  • CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
  • Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
  • Clinical data warehouse schema design
  • Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
fndg_bal

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  fndg_bal     VARCHAR(100),  -- finding balance (max 100 chars)
  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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