telehealth modality indicator
telehlth_modlty_indDefinition
ISO-11179 Definition
A flag indicating whether a behavioral health encounter was delivered via telehealth, including synchronous audio-video, audio-only telephonic, or asynchronous formats, as distinct from in-person service delivery. This field is critical for tracking compliance with telehealth parity regulations and analyzing access patterns across rural and underserved populations.
Standard Abbreviation
telehlth_modlty_ind
Category
Production DDL — FACT_BH_ENCOUNTER
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE FACT_BH_ENCOUNTER (
bh_enctr_key INTEGER NOT NULL -- surrogate key,
enctr_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL -- encounter identifier,
mbr_id VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL -- member identifier,
prvdr_npi VARCHAR(10) -- rendering provider NPI,
enctr_dt DATE NOT NULL -- encounter date,
svc_type_cd VARCHAR(20) -- service type code,
diag_cd VARCHAR(7) -- primary diagnosis code,
diag_cd_2 VARCHAR(7) -- secondary diagnosis code,
bh_cond_cd VARCHAR(20) -- behavioral health condition,
lvl_of_care_cd VARCHAR(20) -- level of care code,
session_cnt INTEGER -- session count,
auth_nbr VARCHAR(30) -- authorization number,
fac_type_cd VARCHAR(20) -- facility type code,
paid_amt DECIMAL(12,2) -- paid amount,
rec_creat_dt TIMESTAMP NOT NULL -- record created date
);
Standard Snowflake DDL for the canonical behavioral table. Convert to BigQuery or Databricks →
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