product flag

prod_flg

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A binary or coded indicator assigned to a pharmaceutical or healthcare product record in PBM, pharmacy, or claims data systems to denote special attributes such as formulary status, specialty drug designation, controlled substance classification, or prior authorization requirement. Used by data engineers to drive conditional logic in adjudication and reporting workflows.

Standard Abbreviation

prod_flg

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  prod_flg BOOLEAN,  -- product flag (true/false flag)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  prod_flg as product_flag
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_flg

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  prod_flg     BOOLEAN,  -- product flag (true/false flag)
  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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