procedure scheduled date

proc_sched_dt

clinical

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

The planned appointment date for a medical treatment or intervention. Used to track temporal information related to procedure scheduled date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for procedure management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

proc_sched_dt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  proc_sched_dt DATE,  -- procedure scheduled date (date only, no time)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  proc_sched_dt as procedure_scheduled_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
procedure_scheduled_date

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  procedure_scheduled_date DATE,  -- procedure scheduled 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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