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referral surgery date

ref_surg_dt
general
Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The operative procedure date for a provider-to-provider patient direction. Used to track temporal information related to referral surgery 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_surg_dt

Category

general

Database Usage

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

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT 
  claim_id,
  ref_surg_dt as referral_surgery_date
FROM claims;

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