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referral due date

ref_due_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The payment deadline date for a provider-to-provider patient direction. Used to track temporal information related to referral due 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_due_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  ref_due_dt as referral_due_date
FROM claims;

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