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nephrology paid amount

neph_pd_amt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The payment received value for a kidney specialty care. Used to capture financial data associated with nephrology transactions. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for nephrology management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

neph_pd_amt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  neph_pd_amt NUMBER(12,2),  -- nephrology paid amount (precision 12, scale 2)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  neph_pd_amt as nephrology_paid_amount
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
neph_pd_amt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  neph_pd_amt  NUMBER(12,2),  -- nephrology paid amount (precision 12, scale 2)
  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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