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payment fax

pmt_fax
claims
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The facsimile number for a financial transaction amount. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for payment management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

pmt_fax

Category

claims

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  pmt_fax as payment_fax
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
pmt_fax

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  pmt_fax      NUMBER(12,2),  -- payment fax (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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