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practitioner death date

prac_death_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The date of death for a licensed healthcare provider. Used to track temporal information related to practitioner death date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for practitioner management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

prac_death_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  prac_death_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- practitioner death date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  prac_death_dt as practitioner_death_date
FROM claims;

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