Platelet Count

PLT

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A laboratory result field (PLT) representing the number of platelets per microliter of blood, captured in EHR and lab information systems. Critical for hematology workflows, transfusion decisions, and clinical data analytics pipelines integrating HL7 or FHIR lab result messages.

Standard Abbreviation

PLT

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  plt INTEGER,  -- Platelet Count (count/integer value)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  plt as platelet_count
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
plt

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  plt          INTEGER,  -- Platelet Count (count/integer value)
  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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