remittance last name

remit_last_nm

claims

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

The family surname for a payment explanation. Used to display and describe the remittance in a human-readable format. 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_last_nm

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  remit_last_nm VARCHAR(255),  -- remittance last name (max 255 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  remit_last_nm as remittance_last_name
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_last_name

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  remittance_last_name VARCHAR(255),  -- remittance last name (max 255 chars)
  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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