measurement admission date

meas_admn_dt

clinical

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

The hospital entry date for a quantified clinical value. Used to track temporal information related to measurement admission date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for measurement management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

meas_admn_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  meas_admn_dt DATE,  -- measurement admission date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  meas_admn_dt as measurement_admission_date
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
meas_admn_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  meas_admn_dt DATE,  -- measurement admission 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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