visit emergency indicator

vst_emerg_ind

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

The urgent status flag for a patient care appointment. Used to track the current state or condition of the visit. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for visit management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

vst_emerg_ind

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  vst_emerg_ind BOOLEAN,  -- visit emergency indicator (true/false flag)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  vst_emerg_ind as visit_emergency_indicator
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
visit_emergency_indicator

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  visit_emergency_indicator BOOLEAN,  -- visit emergency indicator (true/false flag)
  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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