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# coverage

Financial instrument which may be used to reimburse or pay for health care products and services. Includes both insurance and self-payment. See the [HL7 FHIR R4 spec](https://hl7.org/fhir/R4/coverage.html) for full details.

**Previous version:** [coverage](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/coverage)

**Tables in this resource:**

* **coverage** – Main coverage record (this page)
* [coverage\_type\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/type_coding)
* [coverage\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/relationship_coding)
* [coverage\_class](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/class) – Backbone for class
* [coverage\_class\_type\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/class_type_coding)
* [coverage\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/extension)
* [coverage\_extension\_vcc\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/extension_vcc_coding)
* **coverage\_references** – Normalized references; see [Reference Tables](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/reference_tables)

**Primary Keys:**

* coverage\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id - links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base) table (beneficiary)

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| Column                      | Data Type | Description                                                              |
| --------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| coverage\_id                | varchar   | Unique identifier for the coverage                                       |
| patient\_id                 | varchar   | Unique identifier for the patient (beneficiary)                          |
| status                      | varchar   | Status of the coverage (e.g. active, cancelled, draft, entered-in-error) |
| period\_start               | datetime  | Start of the coverage period                                             |
| period\_end                 | datetime  | End of the coverage period                                               |
| type\_text                  | varchar   | Free-text coverage type                                                  |
| type\_hl7\_code†            | varchar   | Coverage type: HL7 ActCode (v3-ActCode)                                  |
| type\_hl7\_display†         | varchar   | Coverage type: HL7 ActCode display                                       |
| relationship\_text          | varchar   | Free-text subscriber relationship                                        |
| relationship\_hl7\_code†    | varchar   | Subscriber relationship: HL7 code (subscriber-relationship)              |
| relationship\_hl7\_display† | varchar   | Subscriber relationship: HL7 display                                     |
| subscriberid                | varchar   | Subscriber identifier                                                    |
| dependent                   | varchar   | Dependent number                                                         |
| meta\_source                | varchar   | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source                           |
| data\_source\_ext†          | varchar   | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension              |

**Related Tables:**

**Parent:**

* [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base)

**Child:**

* [coverage\_class](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/class)
* [coverage\_extension](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/extension)
* [coverage\_relationship\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/relationship_coding)
* [coverage\_type\_coding](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/type_coding)

## Version diff

**Renamed**

* `subscriber_member_id` → `subscriberid`
* `data_source` → `meta_source`

**Moved to separate tables**

* `source_type_code` → [`coverage_type_coding.code`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/type_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `source_type_display` → [`coverage_type_coding.display`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/type_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `source_type_system` → [`coverage_type_coding.system`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/type_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `source_relationship_code` → [`coverage_relationship_coding.code`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/relationship_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `source_relationship_display` → [`coverage_relationship_coding.display`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/relationship_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `source_relationship_system` → [`coverage_relationship_coding.system`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/relationship_coding) w/ `code_rank = 1`
* `class_group_code`, `class_group_display`, `class_group_system` → [`coverage_class`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/class) w/ `type_code = group`
* `class_plan_code`, `class_plan_display`, `class_plan_system` → [`coverage_class`](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/coverage/class) w/ `type_code = plan`