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intolerance balance

intol_bal
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

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

Standard Abbreviation

intol_bal

Category

general

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  intol_bal as intolerance_balance
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
intol_bal

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  intol_bal    VARCHAR(100),  -- intolerance 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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