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medication due date

med_due_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The payment deadline date for a pharmaceutical substance. Used to track temporal information related to medication due date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for medication management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

med_due_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  med_due_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- medication due date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  med_due_dt as medication_due_date
FROM claims;

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