remittance deductible amount

remit_ded_amt

claims

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

The insurance threshold value for a payment explanation. Used to capture financial data associated with remittance transactions. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for remittance management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

remit_ded_amt

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  remit_ded_amt NUMBER(12,2),  -- remittance deductible amount (precision 12, scale 2)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  remit_ded_amt as remittance_deductible_amount
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Claims adjudication and remittance processing
837P/837I/837D claim file parsing and validation
Revenue cycle management and denial analytics
CMS cost report and Medicare cost reporting
Payer contract performance and underpayment analysis

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
remittance_deductible_amount

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  remittance_deductible_amount NUMBER(12,2),  -- remittance deductible amount (precision 12, scale 2)
  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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