orthopedic payment status

ortho_pmt_sts

claims

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

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

Standard Abbreviation

ortho_pmt_sts

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  ortho_pmt_sts NUMBER(12,2),  -- orthopedic payment status (precision 12, scale 2)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  ortho_pmt_sts as orthopedic_payment_status
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Claims adjudication and remittance processing
837P/837I/837D claim file parsing and validation
Revenue cycle management and denial analytics
CMS cost report and Medicare cost reporting
Payer contract performance and underpayment analysis

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
orthopedic_payment_status

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  orthopedic_payment_status NUMBER(12,2),  -- orthopedic payment status (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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