Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HIV

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

Chronic viral infection coded under ICD-10 B20 in EHR, claims, and lab data systems, with viral load and CD4 counts stored as discrete LOINC-coded lab values. HIV data drives PBM specialty pharmacy management, 340B program eligibility tracking, and chronic condition risk stratification in population health platforms.

Standard Abbreviation

HIV

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  hiv VARCHAR(100),  -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  hiv as human_immunodeficiency_virus
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
hiv

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  hiv          VARCHAR(100),  -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (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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