product expiration

prod_exp

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The date on which a pharmaceutical product's validity, formulary inclusion, pricing contract, or dispensing eligibility ends within PBM, pharmacy, or supply chain data systems. Used by data engineers to enforce record lifecycle management, trigger formulary updates, and filter expired drug records from active claims adjudication pipelines.

Standard Abbreviation

prod_exp

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  prod_exp VARCHAR(100),  -- product expiration (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  prod_exp as product_expiration
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
prod_exp

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  prod_exp     VARCHAR(100),  -- product expiration (max 100 chars)
  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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