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referral claim date

ref_clm_dt
claims
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The claim submission date for a provider-to-provider patient direction. Used to track temporal information related to referral claim date. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for referral management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

ref_clm_dt

Category

claims

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  claim_id VARCHAR(50),
  ref_clm_dt VARCHAR(100),  -- referral claim date
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  ref_clm_dt as referral_claim_date
FROM claims;

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