ophthalmology cancelled date

opht_cncl_dt

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The cancellation date for a eye specialty care. Used to track temporal information related to ophthalmology cancelled date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for ophthalmology management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

opht_cncl_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  opht_cncl_dt DATE,  -- ophthalmology cancelled date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  opht_cncl_dt as ophthalmology_cancelled_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
opht_cncl_dt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  opht_cncl_dt DATE,  -- ophthalmology cancelled 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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