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medication surgery date

med_surg_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The operative procedure date for a pharmaceutical substance. Used to track temporal information related to medication surgery 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_surg_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  med_surg_dt as medication_surgery_date
FROM claims;

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